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quietus
/kwaɪˈiːtəs/
noun 3
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3VERB + QUIETUS
got
PREP.
with
ADV.
certainly
Definitions
noun
1
A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity.
Olive's specific terrors and dangers had by this time very much blown over; Basil Ransom had given no sign of life for ages, and Henry Burrage had certainly got his quietus before they went to Europe.
2
Death.
When he himſelfe might his Quietus make / With a bare Bodkin?
After a good deal of firing, and lying in wait - for every time he heard a shot down he'd go, and on coming to the surface, would only expose about two or three inches of his nose to fire at - we managed to give him his quietus.
3
Final settlement (e.g., of a debt).
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Olive's specific terrors and dangers had by this time very much blown over; Basil Ransom had given no sign of life for ages, and Henry Burrage had certainly got his quietus before they went to Europe.
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When he himſelfe might his Quietus make / With a bare Bodkin?
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After a good deal of firing, and lying in wait - for every time he heard a shot down he'd go, and on coming to the surface, would only expose about two or three inches of his nose to fire at - we mana
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