quicks
noun
Definitions
Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.
Plants used in making a quickset hedge
The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.
Quitchgrass.
verb
Definitions
To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.
To quicken.