quid

  1. Noun.  The inherent nature of something.
  2. Noun.  (US, historical) A section of the Democratic-Republican Party between 1805 and 1811 (''from tertium quid'').
  3. Noun.  (historical) A sovereign or guinea.
  4. Noun.  (British, colloquial) Pound sterling.
  5. Noun.  (Australia, colloquial) pound (qualifier, before the 1966 currency change) .
  6. Noun.  (context, Ireland) pound, punt, euro.
  7. Noun.  A piece of chewing tobacco.
  8. Noun.  (US, colloquial) the act of chewing such tabacco.
  9. Verb.  To chew tobacco.
  10. Verb.  (context, of a horse) To let food drop from the mouth whilst chewing.

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