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quick noun1. OE.
[Absol. use of the adjective.]
collect. Those or all who are living. Chiefly with the. OE.
W. Trevor The wishes of the departed take precedence over those of the quick.
b. That which is alive. OE-ME.
A living thing. rare (now dial.). OE.
collect. Hedging consisting of living plants (as opp. to dead wood), spec. hawthorn; any of the plants forming such hedging. ME.
The tender or sensitive flesh in a part of the body, esp. that under the nails, or surrounding a sore or wound; the sensitive part of a horse's foot, above the hoof. L15.
N. Lowndes Her nails were bitten down to the quick.
b. fig. The central, vital, or most sensitive part; the seat of feeling or emotion. E16.
V. Woolf The scene..does..come so close to the quick of the mind. A. Maupin The tableau cut Brian to the quick, underscoring everything that was missing from his life.
The life; living semblance. Chiefly in to the quick. M16.
Cricket. A fast bowler. M20.