rare. [f. QUICK v.1 + -ING1.] = QUICKENING vbl. sb.
c. 1400. Apol. Loll., 54. Þe principale and þe finale wark of Crist … is þe quiking of soulis.
a. 1666. Brome, On Death K. Charles, 18. He did fall, Whose influence gave quicking to us all.
1825. J. Nicholson, Operat. Mechanic, 719. Sometimes the amalgam is applied to the surface to be gilt, without any quicking, by spreading it with aqua-fortis.
