Iroquois :: Iroquois (n. sing. & pl.) A powerful and warlike confederacy of Indian tribes, formerly inhabiting Central New York and constituting most of the Five Nations. Also, any Indian of the Iroquois tribes..

Quoif :: Quoif (n. & v. t.) See Coif.

Quoifffure :: Quoifffure (n.) See Coiffure.

Quoil :: Quoil (n.) See Coil.

Quoin :: Quoin (n.) Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked..

Quoin :: Quoin (n.) A wedgelike piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for various purposes.

Quoin :: Quoin (n.) to support and steady a stone.

Quoin :: Quoin (n.) To support the breech of a cannon.

Quoin :: Quoin (n.) To wedge or lock up a form within a chase.

Quoin :: Quoin (n.) To prevent casks from rolling.

Quoit :: Quoit (n.) A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched at a fixed object in play; hence, any heavy flat missile used for the same purpose, as a stone, piece of iron, etc..

Quoit :: Quoit (n.) A game played with quoits.

Quoit :: Quoit (n.) The discus of the ancients. See Discus.

Quoit :: Quoit (n.) A cromlech.

Quoit :: Quoit (v. i.) To throw quoits; to play at quoits.

Quoit :: Quoit (v. t.) To throw; to pitch.

Sequoia :: Sequoia (n.) A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the big tree of California, and S. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height..

Sequoiene :: Sequoiene (n.) A hydrocarbon (C13H10) obtained in white fluorescent crystals, in the distillation products of the needles of the California big tree (Sequoia gigantea)..

Turquois :: Turquois (n.) A hydrous phosphate of alumina containing a little copper; calaite. It has a blue, or bluish green, color, and usually occurs in reniform masses with a botryoidal surface..

Turquoise :: Turquoise (n.) Alt. of Turquoi.

Turquoise :: Turquoise (a.) Having a fine light blue color, like that of choice mineral turquoise..

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