weightless (iou) and quilt(2) (iou)

weightless (iou)

weightless adjective. M16.
[from WEIGHT noun + -LESS.]
Lacking weight, having comparatively little weight (lit. & fig.); spec. (of a body having mass) not apparently acted on by gravity, either because the gravitational field is locally weak, or because both the body and its surroundings are freely and equally accelerating under the influence of the field (as in an orbiting satellite).
weightlessly adverb M20.
weightlessness noun L19.

quilt(2) (iou)

quilt verb2 trans. M19.
[Perh. transf. use of QUILT noun & verb1.]
Beat, thrash. dial. & slang (chiefly US & Austral.). M19.
Cricket. Hit (the ball) about the field with force, esp. repeatedly. M19.

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