quirk

1. Quirk
   A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice. "Quirks of joy and grief."
2. Quirk
   (Building) A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot or floor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; -- sometimes written quink.
3. Quirk
   (Arch) A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding.
4. Quirk
   A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit. "Some odd quirks and remnants of wit."
5. Quirk
   A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger. "Some quirk or . . . evasion.", "We ground the justification of our nonconformity on dark subtilties and intricate quirks ."
6. Quirk
   An irregular air; as, light quirks of music.

1. (n) quirk
   A sharp turn or angle; a sudden twist.
2. (n) quirk
   Hence An artful turn for evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble: as, the quirks of a pettifogger.
3. (n) quirk
   A fit or turn; a short paroxysm.
4. (n) quirk
   A smart taunt or retort; a slight conceit or quibble; a quip; a flight of fancy.
5. (n) quirk
   Inclination; turn; peculiarity; humor; caprice.
6. (n) quirk
   A sudden turn or flourish in a musical air; a fantastic phrase.
7. (n) quirk
   In building, a piece taken out of any regular ground-plot or floor, as to make a court or yard, etc.: thus, if the ground-plan were square or oblong, and a piece were taken out of the corner, such piece is called a quirk.
8. (n) quirk
   In architecture, an acute angle or recess; a deep indentation; the incision under the abacus.
9. (n) quirk
   A pane of glass cut at the sides and top in the form of a rhomb.
10. (n) quirk
    In a grooving-plane, a projecting fillet on the sole or side, arranged to serve as a fence or gage for depth or distance.
11. quirk
    To turn sharply.
12. quirk
    To twist or turn; form into quirks.
13. quirk
    To form or furnish with a quirk or channel.
14. quirk
    To emit the breath forcibly after retaining it in violent exertion.
15. quirk
    To grunt; complain.

1. (n) Quirk
   kwėrk a quick turn: an artful evasion: a quibble: a taunt or retort: a slight conceit: inclination, turn: fantastic phrase:
2. (v.i) Quirk
   to turn sharply
3. (v.t) Quirk
   to twist or turn: to furnish with a quirk or channel
4. (n) Quirk
   kwėrk (archit.) an acute angle or recess

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