Quid

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quid \Quid\, n. [See {Cud}.]
     A portion suitable to be chewed; a cud; as, a quid of
     tobacco.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Quid \Quid\ (kw[i^]d), n.; pl. {quid}. [Etym. uncertain.]
     An English coin, a sovereign. [Slang, Eng.]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
  
           They invited him to come to-morrow, . . . and bring
           half a quid with him.                    --Charles
                                                    Reade.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quid \Quid\, v. t. (Man.)
     To drop from the mouth, as food when partially chewed; --
     said of horses. --Youatt.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  quid
       n 1: the basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence
            [syn: {British pound}, {pound}, {pound sterling}]
       2: something for something; that which a party receives (or is
          promised) in return for something he does or gives or
          promises [syn: {quid pro quo}]
       3: a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: {chew}, {chaw},
           {cud}, {plug}, {wad}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  89 Moby Thesaurus words for "quid":
     axiom, bawbee, bite, bolus, cavendish, center, champ, chaw, chew,
     chewing tobacco, chomp, core, crown, cud, cut plug, dollar,
     eating tobacco, elixir, essence, essential, farthing, fid, fiver,
     florin, flower, focus, fourpence, fourpenny, fundamental, gist,
     gnash, gob, gravamen, groat, guinea, half crown, half dollar,
     halfpenny, heart, hypostasis, inner essence, kernel, mag, marrow,
     meat, meg, mite, monkey, morsel, mouthful, munch, navy, navy plug,
     new pence, nibble, nip, np, nub, nucleus, nuts and bolts, p, pence,
     penny, pigtail, pith, pony, postulate, pound, principle, quiddity,
     quintessence, sap, shilling, sixpence, snap, soul, spirit, stuff,
     substance, swallow, tenner, the nitty-gritty, threepence,
     threepenny bit, thrippence, tobacco juice, tuppence, twist,
     twopence