Книга: QUICK, AMANDA «OTHERWISE ENGAGED»
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Miss Amity Doncaster, world traveler, is accustomed to adventure in exotic lands. But one does not expect to be kidnapped on a London street in broad daylight... Trapped in a carriage, blade at her throat, Amity is forced to listen to the most vile taunts and threats, whispered in her ear by the fiend known in the press as the Bridegroom. Her quick thinking, and a secret weapon, save her... for now. But the Bridegroom survives the wounds she inflicts. And, unwholesomely obsessed by her scandalous connection to Benedict Stanbridge--a man of science as well as high rank and wealth--he is determined to recapture his prey. Amity had met Benedict only recently--and under quite dramatic circumstances. She saved him from a near-fatal gunshot and accompanied him aboard a ship bound from the Caribbean to New York City. Somehow, the gossip about their hours alone in his stateroom seems to have crossed the Atlantic faster than any sailing vessel. Benedict, a spy for the Crown as well as a...
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Quick
Quick Quick, a. [Compar. {Quicker}; superl. {Quickest}.] [As.
cwic, cwicu, cwucu, cucu, living; akin to OS. quik, D. kwik,
OHG. quec, chec, G. keck bold, lively, Icel. kvikr living,
Goth. qius, Lith. q[=y]vas, Russ. zhivoi, L. vivus living,
vivere to live, Gr. bi`os life, Skr. j[=i]va living, j[=i]v
to live. Cf. {Biography}, {Vivid}, {Quitch grass},
{Whitlow}.]
1. Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to {dead} or
{inanimate}.
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Not fully quyke, ne fully dead they were. --Chaucer.
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The Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and
the dead at his appearing and his kingdom. --2 Tim.
iv. 1.
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Man is no star, but a quick coal
Of mortal fire. -- Herbert.
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Note: In this sense the word is nearly obsolete, except in
some compounds, or in particular phrases.
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2. Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly;
agile; brisk; ready. `` A quick wit.'' --Shak.
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3. Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick.
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Oft he her his charge of quick return
Repeated. --Milton.
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4. Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp;
unceremonious; as, a quick temper.
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The bishop was somewhat quick with them, and
signified that he was much offended. -- Latimer.
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5. Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen.
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The air is quick there,
And it pierces and sharpens the stomach. -- Shak.
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6. Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick
ear. ``To have an open ear, a quick eye.'' --Shak.
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They say that women are so quick. --Tennyson.
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7. Pregnant; with child. --Shak.
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{Quick grass}. (Bot.) See {Quitch grass}.
{Quick match}. See under {Match}.
{Quick vein} (Mining), a vein of ore which is productive, not
barren.
{Quick vinegar}, vinegar made by allowing a weak solution of
alcohol to trickle slowly over shavings or other porous
material.
{Quick water}, quicksilver water.
{Quick with child}, pregnant with a living child.
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Syn: Speedy; expeditious; swift; rapid; hasty; prompt; ready; active; brisk; nimble; fleet; alert; agile; lively; sprightly. [1913 Webster]
Источник: Quick
Amanda
Amanda is a female given name. Meaning worthy of being loved.
Amanda may also refer to:
* "Amanda" (song), a song by Boston
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* "Amanda" (novel), a 1984 novel by Candice F. Ransom
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* Amanda ("Highlander"), a female immortal on "Highlander: The Series"
* Amanda ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer")
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* Slippy Toad's fiancée Amanda in the "Star Fox" series
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Источник: Amanda
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