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 Quirk n. [Written also querk.]
 1. A sudden turn; a starting from the point or line; hence, an artful evasion or subterfuge; a shift; a quibble; as, the quirks of a pettifogger. “Some quirk or . . . evasion.”
    We ground the justification of our nonconformity on dark subtilties and intricate quirks.   --Barrow.
 2. A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice. [Obs.] “Quirks of joy and grief.”
 3. A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit.
    Some odd quirks and remnants of wit.   --Shak.
 4. An irregular air; as, light quirks of music.
 5. Building A piece of ground taken out of any regular ground plot or floor, so as to make a court, yard, etc.; -- sometimes written quink.
 6. Arch. A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding.
 Quirk molding, a bead between two quirks.
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