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

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. ]

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

‖n. [ L. ] Somebody; one unknown. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cydoneum quince juice, quince wine. See Quince. ] A confection of quinces, in consistency between a sirup and marmalade. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Quiddity. ] Constituting, or containing, the essence of a thing; quidditative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Quiddity, Quillet, and Quibble. ] A subtilty; an equivocation. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

By some strange quiddit or some wrested clause. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Quiddative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Quiddities [ LL. quidditas, fr. L. quid what, neut. of quis who, akin to E. who: cf. F. quiddité. ] 1. The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it? “ The degree of nullity and quiddity.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The quiddity or characteristic difference of poetry as distinguished from prose. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble. [ 1913 Webster ]

We laugh at the quiddities of those writers now. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Quiddled p. pr. & vb. n. Quiddling ] [ L. quid what. ] To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle. [ 1913 Webster ]