Quilting

QUILTING, process of stitching together two layers of fabric filled with some soft substance (usually cotton)...

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Quimby, Phineas Parkhurst

QUIMBY, Phineas Parkhurst (1802-66), American mental healer, who founded the New Thought movement, a religio-...

QUINCE, common name for a tree, Cydonia oblonga, of the family Rosaceae (see ROSE,), and for ...

QUINCY, city, seat of Adams Co., W Illinois, on bluffs of the E bank of the Mississippi R.; inc. as a city 18...

QUINCY, city, Norfolk Co., E Massachusetts, on Quincy Bay, just S of Boston; settled 1625, inc. as a city 188...

QUINCY, Josiah (1744-75), American lawyer and patriot, born in Boston, and educated at Harvard College. He de...

QUINCY, Josiah (1772-1864), American politician and educator, son of Josiah Quincy, born in Braintree (now Qu...

QUINE, W(illard) V(an Orman) (1908-2001), American philosopher, known for his work in mathematical logic and ...

QUINEBAUG AND SHETUCKET RIVER VALLEY NATIONAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR. See National Park Service (table).

QUININE, alkaloid derived principally from the bark of the cinchona tree. It is an efficient antipyretic and ...