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quirked, ppl. a.|kwɜːkt| [f. quirk v.1 or n. + -ed.] 1. Arch. Furnished with a quirk.
1823P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 162 A moulding denominated a Quirked Ovolo. 1836Parker Gloss. Archit. (1850) I. 379 The quirked ogee from the arch of Constantine. 1842–59Gwilt Archit. §2126 The cylindrical part is called a bead, and the sinking a quirk; the whole combination being called a quirked bead. 2. Of the mouth, eyebrow, etc.: set in an attitude by quirking. Also with down.
1951H. Giles Harbin's Ridge iv. 28 Lucibel's mouth was quirked down at the corners. 1955W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. vii. 619 Her eyes searched his face, to find no betrayal but a quirked eyebrow which started to rise, and did not. |