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Quimper faience ... Quraysh

Quimper faience tin-enamelled earthenware produced by a factory at Loc Maria, a suburb of Quimper in Brittany, Fr. The factory was founded in 1690 by Jean-Baptiste Bosquet, a potter from Marseille who had settled there. Both Pierre Caussy, who took over in 1743, and de la Hubeaudiere, who bought it in 1809, ... Quin, James English actor whose Falstaff was considered the finest of his time. Quinara region located on the Atlantic coast in southwestern Guinea-Bissau. The Rio Grande de Buba flows east-west through the centre of the region and empties into the Atlantic; most of the oil palms in the region are grown along the river. Rice is produced throughout Quinara, as are subsistence crops of ... quince (Cydonia oblongata), a small fruit tree of the rose family (Rosaceae). The much-branched shrubs or small trees have entire leaves with small stipules and bear large, solitary, white or pink flowers like those of the pear or apple but with leafy calyx lobes and a many-celled ovary, in each cell ... quinceanera Mexican celebration of a girl's 15th birthday, marking her passage from childhood to adulthood. The traditional quinceanera is both a religious and a social event that emphasizes the importance of the family and society in the life of young people. Quincy city, seat (1825) of Adams county, western Illinois, U.S. It lies on the Mississippi River, there bridged to Missouri, about 140 miles (225 km) northwest of St. Louis. Sauk, Fox, and Kickapoo Indians were early inhabitants of the area. Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet stopped at what would become Quincy ... Quincy city, Norfolk county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S., on Boston Harbor, just southeast of Boston. In 1625 the site, which was settled by Captain Wollaston, was given the name Mount Wollaston, and a short time afterward, under the leadership of Thomas Morton, it was renamed Merry Mount; in 1627 Morton, an anti-Puritan, ... Quincy Plan experimental, progressive, child-centred approach to education introduced in 1875 in Quincy, Mass., U.S., by superintendent of schools Francis W. Parker. Parker eliminated the rigid formalities of traditional school routine, arranged interrelated subjects around a central core, and emphasized socialized activities and creative self-expression. The curriculum included field trips, art, music, ... Quindio departamento, west-central Colombia, on the western slopes of the Andean Cordillera Central. The smallest department in the nation, it is located in one of Colombia's leading coffee-producing regions. Bananas, corn (maize), sugarcane, and beans are among the other crops, and livestock raising is widespread. Quindio has rich deposits of gold, ... Quindlen, Anna American columnist and novelist who in 1992 became the third woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Quine, Willard Van Orman American logician and philosopher, widely considered one of the dominant figures in Anglo-American philosophy in the last half of the 20th century. Quinet, Edgar French poet, historian, and political philosopher who made a significant contribution to the developing tradition of liberalism in France. quinidine drug used in the treatment of abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmia) and malaria. Obtained from the bark of the Cinchona tree, quinidine shares many of the pharmacological actions of quinine; i.e., both have antimalarial and fever-reducing activity. The main use of quinidine, however, involves its activity as a myocardial depressant-that is, ... quinine drug obtained from cinchona bark that is used chiefly in the treatment of malaria, an infection caused by the protozoan parasite Plasmodium, which is transmitted to humans by the bite of various species of mosquitoes. During the 300 years between its introduction into Western medicine and World War I, quinine ... Quinisext Council council that was convened in 692 by the Byzantine emperor Justinian II to issue disciplinary decrees related to the second and third councils of Constantinople (held in 553 and 680-681). They were the fifth and sixth ecumenical councils-hence the name Quinisext. The two ecumenical councils had dealt only with doctrinal ... Quinney, Richard American philosopher and criminologist known for his critical philosophical approach to criminal justice research. Quinney followed a Marxist approach in citing social inequities as the root of crime. Criminal behaviour, he asserted, is a natural occurrence in a society that favours the wealthy over the poor and the powerful over ... quinoline any of a class of organic compounds of the aromatic heterocyclic series characterized by a double-ring structure composed of a benzene and a pyridine ring fused at two adjacent carbon atoms. The benzene ring contains six carbon atoms, while the pyridine ring contains five carbon atoms and a nitrogen atom. ... quinone any member of a class of cyclic organic compounds containing two carbonyl groups, C = O, either adjacent or separated by a vinylene group, CH = CH, in a six-membered unsaturated ring. In a few quinones, the carbonyl groups are located in different rings. The term quinone also denotes ... quinsy also called Peritonsillar Abscess, pus-filled swelling in the throat that develops infrequently as a complication of acute tonsillitis. It extends through the tonsillar capsule into the loose connective tissue of the neck and displaces the involved tonsil toward the midline of the throat. Extreme pain accompanying the condition interferes with ... Quintana Roo estado (state), southeastern Mexico, on the eastern side of the Yucatan Peninsula. Its northern shore is on the Yucatan Channel, a passage between the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea; it is also bounded by the Caribbean to the east, by Belize and Guatemala to the south, by the ... Quintana, Manuel Jose Spanish patriot and Neoclassical poet, esteemed by his countrymen for poems, pamphlets, and proclamations written during the War of Independence from Napoleon. Although he was once regarded as a great poet, Quintana's reputation has since steadily declined. Quinte, Bay of arm of Lake Ontario, southeastern Ontario, Canada, extending for 75 miles (121 km) from its entrance near Amherst Island to Murray Canal at the western end. It is a narrow bay, ranging from one to six miles in width. The bay is scenic, having many small inlets; and it receives ... Quintero, Jose theatrical director and cofounder of Circle in the Square Theatre in New York City's Greenwich Village, the theatre whose productions sparked the growth of off Broadway into a nationally important theatre movement. Quintero's stagings of the plays of Eugene O'Neill brought about a worldwide rebirth of interest in O'Neill's work. quintet a musical composition for five instruments or voices; also, a group of five musicians performing such a composition. Quintilian Latin teacher and writer whose work on rhetoric, Institutio oratoria, is a major contribution to educational theory and literary criticism. Quintillus Roman emperor in AD 270, who died or was killed a few weeks after being proclaimed emperor. quinto real (Spanish: "royal fifth"), in colonial Spanish America, a tax levied by the crown on mineral products; it was the principal source of profit derived by Spain from its colonies. The percentage was fixed at one-fifth in 1504, to be paid for 10 years, but the rate remained at generally that ... Quinton, Amelia Stone organizer of American Indian reform in the United States. Quintus Smyrnaeus Greek epic poet, the author of a hexameter poem in 14 books, narrating events at Troy from the funeral of Hector to the departure of the Achaeans after sacking the city (and hence called Ta met' Homeron or Posthomerica). Quionga village, Cabo (Cape) Delgado province, extreme northeastern Mozambique, East Africa, just south of the Rio Rovuma. In 1886 Germany and Portugal had agreed on the Rovuma as the boundary between then German East Africa (now Tanzania) and Portuguese Mozambique, but the Germans later claimed (1892) that Portugal had no rights ... quipu an Incan accounting apparatus consisting of a long rope from which hung 48 secondary cords and various tertiary cords attached to the secondary ones. Knots were made in the cords to represent units, tens, and hundreds; and, in imperial accounting, the cords were differently coloured to designate the different concerns ... Quirino, Elpidio political leader and second president of the independent Republic of the Philippines. Quirinus major Roman deity ranking close to Jupiter and Mars (qq.v.); the flamines (see flamen) of these gods constituted the three major priests at Rome. Quirinus' name is in adjectival form and would seem to mean "he of the quirium," a word generally taken to signify the very ancient Sabine settlement ... Quiris a Roman citizen. In ancient Roman law it was the name by which a Roman called himself in a civil capacity, in contrast to the name Romanus, used in reference to his political and military capacity. The jus Quiritium in Roman law denoted the full body of rights for Roman ... Quiroga, Horacio Uruguayan-born short-story writer whose imaginative portrayal of the struggle of man and animal to survive in the tropical jungle earned him recognition as a master of the short story. He also excelled in depicting mental illness and hallucinatory states, in stories that anticipate those of later 20-century masters such as ... Quiroga, Vasco de Spanish bishop, social reformer, and humanist educator who founded the Colegio de San Nicolas Obisbo in colonial Mexico. Quisling, Vidkun Norwegian army officer whose collaboration with the Germans in their occupation of Norway during World War II established his name as a synonym for "traitor." Quito city and capital of Ecuador. It is situated on the lower slopes of the volcano Pichincha, which last erupted in 1666, in a narrow Andean valley at an elevation of 9,350 feet (2,850 metres), just south of the Equator. The oldest of all South American capitals, Quito is notable for ... quiz show broadcast show designed to test the memory, knowledge, agility, or luck of persons selected from studio or broadcast audience or to contrive a competition among these people for merchandise or cash awards. The quiz show first gained popularity on U.S. radio in the 1930s as an audience-participation program. One of ... Qumran region on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea, notable since 1947 as the site of the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls (q.v.) were first discovered. Excavations (since 1949) at a site called Khirbet Qumran (Arabic: "Qumran Ruins"), less than a mile from the sea and north of the ... Qunaytirah, Al- abandoned town in the United Nations (UN)-monitored demilitarized zone between Syria and Israel. It was an important regional hub and administrative centre in southwestern Syria until the Six-Day War of June 1967, when it was occupied by Israeli military forces. When the Israelis withdrew in 1974, they systematically stripped and ... Quo Vadis? historical novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in Polish under its Latin title in 1896. The title means "where are you going?" and alludes to a New Testament verse (John 13:36). The popular novel was widely translated. Quoc-ngu writing system used for the Vietnamese language. Quoc-ngu was devised in the mid 17th century by Portuguese missionaries who modified the Roman alphabet with accents and signs to suit the particular consonants, vowels, and tones of Vietnamese. It was further modified by a French missionary, Alexandre de Rhodes. At first ... quodlibet musical composition in which several well-known melodies are combined, either simultaneously or, less frequently, sequentially, for humorous effect. Quodlibet can also refer to an amalgamation of different song texts in a vocal composition. While simultaneous combinations of two or more melodies go back to the 13th century (motets using, for ... quoin in Western architecture, both the external angle or corner of a building and, more often, one of the stones used to form that angle. These cornerstones are both decorative and structural, since they usually differ in jointing, colour, texture, or size from the masonry of the adjoining walls. quoits game in which players toss rings at a stake, called the hob. A ring that encircles the hob scores two points for the thrower; a ring closer to the hob than an opponent's scores one. The rings are usually made of iron and weigh about three pounds, but rope or ... quokka marsupial mammal, a species of wallaby (q.v.). quota in international trade, government-imposed limit on the quantity, or in exceptional cases the value, of the goods or services that may be exported or imported over a specified period of time. Quotas are more effective in restricting trade than tariffs, particularly if domestic demand for a commodity is not sensitive ... quotient rule Rule for finding the derivative of a quotient of two functions. If both f and g are differentiable, then so is the quotient f(x)/g(x). In abbreviated notation, it says (f/g)' = (gf' fg')/g2. Qur'an the sacred scripture of Islam and, for all Muslims, the very word of God, revealed through the agency of the archangel Gabriel to the Prophet Muhammad. Although most modern Muslims know it as the Holy Qur'an, many of them still refer to it as al-Qur'an al-karim or al-Qur'an al-majid, which ... Quraysh the ruling tribe of Mecca at the time of the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. There were 10 main clans, the names of some of which gained great lustre through their members' status in early Islam. These included Hashim, the clan of the Prophet himself (see Hashimite); Zuhra, that of ...