Acquaint :: Acquaint (v. t.) Acquainted.

Acquaint :: Acquaint (v. t.) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) to know; to make familiar; -- followed by with.

Acquaint :: Acquaint (v. t.) To communicate notice to; to inform; to make cognizant; -- followed by with (formerly, also, by of), or by that, introducing the intelligence; as, to acquaint a friend with the particulars of an act..

Acquaint :: Acquaint (v. t.) To familiarize; to accustom.

Acquaintable :: Acquaintable (a.) Easy to be acquainted with; affable.

Acquaintance :: Acquaintance (n.) A state of being acquainted, or of having intimate, or more than slight or superficial, knowledge; personal knowledge gained by intercourse short of that of friendship or intimacy; as, I know the man; but have no acquaintance with him..

Acquaintance :: Acquaintance (n.) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.

Acquaintanceship :: Acquaintanceship (n.) A state of being acquainted; acquaintance.

Acquaintant :: Acquaintant (n.) An acquaintance.

Acquainted :: Acquainted (imp. & p. p.) of Acquain.

Acquainted :: Acquainted (a.) Personally known; familiar. See To be acquainted with, under Acquaint, v. t..

Acquaintedness :: Acquaintedness (n.) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.

Acquainting :: Acquainting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Acquain.

Disacquaint :: Disacquaint (v. t.) To render unacquainted; to make unfamiliar.

Disacquaintance :: Disacquaintance (n.) Neglect of disuse of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance..

Inacquaintance :: Inacquaintance (a.) Want of acquaintance.

Nonacquaintance :: Nonacquaintance (n.) Want of acquaintance; the state of being unacquainted.

Preacquaint :: Preacquaint (v. t.) To acquaint previously or beforehand.

Preacquaintance :: Preacquaintance (n.) Previous acquaintance or knowledge.

Quaich :: Quaich (n.) A small shallow cup or drinking vessel.

Quaigh :: Quaigh (n.) Alt. of Quaic.

Quail :: Quail (v. i.) To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade..

Quail :: Quail (v. i.) To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.

Quail :: Quail (v. t.) To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.

Quail :: Quail (v. i.) To curdle; to coagulate, as milk..

Quail :: Quail (n.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail (C. communis), the rain quail (C. Coromandelica) of India, the stubble quail (C. pectoralis), and the Australian swamp quail (Synoicus australis)..

Quail :: Quail (n.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, and Maryland quail), and the California quail (Calipepla Californica)..

Quail :: Quail (n.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail (Turnix varius). See Turnix..

Quail :: Quail (n.) A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.

Quaily :: Quaily (n.) The upland plover.

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