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Quintessence
Quintessence Quin*tes"sence, v. t. To distil or extract as a quintessence; to reduce to a quintessence. [R.] --Stirling. ``Truth quintessenced and raised to the highest power.' --J. A. Symonds.
Quintessence
Quintessence Quin*tes"sence, n. [F., fr. L. quinta essentia fifth essence. See Quint, and Essence.] 1. The fifth or last and highest essence or power in a natural body. See Ferment oils, under Ferment. [Obs.] Note: The ancient Greeks recognized four elements, fire, air, water, and earth. The Pythagoreans added a fifth and called it nether, the fifth essence, which they said flew upward at creation and out of it the stars were made. The alchemists sometimes considered alcohol, or the ferment oils, as the fifth essence. 2. Hence: An extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence. Let there be light, said God; and forthwith light Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure, Sprung from the deep. --Milton.
Quintessential
Quintessential Quin`tes*sen"tial, a. Of the nature of a quintessence; purest. ``Quintessential extract of mediocrity.' --G. Eliot.

Meaning of Quintes from wikipedia

- celebrated in the spring in Quintes and Quintueles, and is organized by the Recreational Cultural Society Clarín of Quintes in collaboration with the hostels...
- Quinte West (/ˈkwɪnti/) is a city, geographically located in but administratively separated from Hastings County, in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is on...
- Bay of Quinte The Bay of Quinte (/ˈkwɪnti/) is a long, narrow bay shaped like the letter "Z" on the northern s**** of Lake Ontario in the province of Ontario...
- The Quinte Skyhawks are a Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) team located in Belleville, Ontario and representing the Quinte Region. The team plays...
- of Quinte is a bay on the northern s**** of Lake Ontario. Bay of Quinte may also refer to: Bay of Quinte (federal electoral district) Bay of Quinte (provincial...
- been named HMCS Quinte; HMCS Quinte (J166), a Bangor-class minesweeper that entered service in 1941 and was discarded in 1947. HMCS Quinte (MCB 149), a Bay-class...
- 47°52′N 0°14′E / 47.87°N 0.23°E / 47.87; 0.23 The Arboretum des Quintes (5 hectares) is an arboretum located in Laigné-en-Belin, Sarthe, Pays de la...
- Quinte was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1967 out of Hastings West and abolished in 1999, when it was redistributed into Prince...
- Lake Ontario, located at the mouth of the Moira River and on the Bay of Quinte. Belleville is between Ottawa and Toronto, along the Quebec City-Windsor...
- The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte (MBQ) (Mohawk: Kenhtè:ke Kanyen'kehà:ka Mohawk pronunciation: [gʌ̃h'dè:ge ganjʌ̃ge'hà:ga]) are a Mohawk community within...