n. [ LL., fr. L. quota (sc. pars), fr. quotus which or what in number, of what number, how many, fr. quot how many, akin to quis, qui, who: cf. It. quota a share. See Who. ] 1. A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division. “Quota of troops and money.” Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a share of effort required to be performed, or a share of resources required to be contributed to some common purpose. [ PJC ]

a. Capable or worthy of being quoted; as, a quotable writer; a quotable sentence. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Quot`a*bil"i*ty n. Poe. [1913 Webster]

n. [ From Quote. ] 1. The act of quoting or citing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Com.) The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also, the price named.

4. Quota; share. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Print.) A piece of hollow type metal, lower than type, and measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth, used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of chapters, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quotation marks (Print.), two inverted commas placed at the beginning, and two apostrophes at the end, of a passage quoted from an author in his own words. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes, or is given to making, quotations. [ 1913 Webster ]

The narrow intellectuals of quotationists. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A note upon an author. [ Obs. ] Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Quoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Quoting. ] [ OF. quoter, F. coter to letter, number, to quote, LL. quotare to divide into chapters and verses, fr. L. quotus. See Quota. ] [ Formerly written also cote. ] 1. To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Com.) To name the current price of. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To notice; to observe; to examine. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To set down, as in writing. [ Obs. ] “He's quoted for a most perfidious slave.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To cite; name; adduce; repeat. -- Quote, Cite. To cite was originally to call into court as a witness, etc., and hence denotes bringing forward any thing or person as evidence. Quote usually signifies to reproduce another's words; it is also used to indicate an appeal to some one as an authority, without adducing his exact words. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who quotes the words of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ AS. cweðan, imp cwæð, pl. cw&aemacr_;don; akin to OS. queðan, OHG. quethan, quedan, Icel. kveða, Goth. qiþan. √22. Cf. Bequeath. ] Said; spoke; uttered; -- used only in the first and third persons in the past tenses, and always followed by its nominative, the word or words said being the object; as, quoth I, quoth he. “Let me not live, quoth he.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. [ For quoth 'a, said he, 'a being corrupted from he. ] Indeed; forsooth. [ 1913 Webster ]

To affront the blessed hillside drabs and thieves
With mended morals, quotha, -- fine new lives ! Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an intermittent fever or ague which returns every day. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]