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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

The dictionary's 1913 edition of the 1900 International, renamed Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, has in modern times been used in various free online resources, as its copyright lapsed and it became public domain.
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Quiz

Quiz (quiz)
n.(kw***ibreve]z)
Quiz
[It is said that Daly, the manager of a Dublin playhouse, laid a wager that a new word of no meaning should be the common talk and puzzle of the city in twenty-four hours. In consequence of this the letters q u i z were chalked by him on all th
  1. A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.
  2. One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz.
  3. An odd or absurd fellow.
    Smart. Thackeray.
  4. An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination.
    [Cant, U.S.]

Quiz

Quiz (quiz)
v. t.(kw***ibreve]z)
Quiz
[imp. *** p. p. Quizzed (kw&ibreve]zd); p. pr. *** vb. n. Quizzing (-z&ibreve]ng).]
  1. To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.

    He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room. Thackeray.

  2. To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
  3. To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4.
    [U.S.]

    Quizzing glass, a small eyeglass.

Quiz

Quiz (quiz)
v. i.
Quiz
  1. To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4.
    [U.S.]












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