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~Put~ _and_ ~Row~, _adv._ With difficulty, S.

_Ross._

~Putting-stone~, _s._ A heavy stone used in _putting_, S.

_Pennant._

_To_ ~Put~ _out_, _v. a._ To discover, to make a person known who wishes to conceal himself, S.

PUTTER, _s._ Acorr. of _petard_.

_Spalding._

Q

QUAICH, QUEYCH, QUEGH, QUEFF, _s._ A small and shallow drinking cup with two ears.

_Ferguson._

Ir. Gael. _cuach_, a cup or bowl.

QUAID, _adj._ Evil.

_Pal. of Hon._

Alem. _quad_, Belg. _quaad_, malus.

QUAIFF, QUEIF, _s._ A coif.

_Philotus._

Teut. _koyffe_, Su. G. _kwif_, id.

QUAIK, _s._ The wheezing sound emitted in consequence of great exertion.

_Douglas._

Teut. _quack-en_, Lat. _coax-are_.

QUAILYIE, QUALYIE, _s._ A quail.

_Acts Marie._

QUAIR, QUERE, _s._ A book.

_Lyndsay._

Isl. _kwer_, libellus, codicillus; O. Fr. _quayer_, a book, id.

QUAKING ASH, _s._ The asp or aspen, S.

QUALIM, _s._ Ruin.

_Douglas._

Alem. _qualm_, excidium.

QUARREL, _s._ A stone quarry, S.

V. ~Querrell~.

QUARTER-ILL, _s._ A disease among cattle, affecting them only in one limb or _quarter_, S.

_Pop. Ball._

_To_ QUAT, _v. a._ To quit, S.

~Quat~, _adj._ Released from, S.

_Ramsay._

QUAUIR, _s._ A quiver.

_Douglas._

QUEET, _s._ The ancle, Aberd.

V. ~Cute~.

_Ross._

QUEY, QUY, QUOY, QUYACH, QUOYACH, QUEOCK, QUYOK, _s._ A cow of two years old, S.

_Acts Malc. II._

Dan. _quie_, Su. G. _quiga_, id.

QUEYN, QUEAN, _s._ A young woman, S.

_Gl. Sibb._

A. S. _cwen_, Su. G. _qwinna_, mulier.

QUEINT, QUENT, _adj._

1. Curious.

_Douglas._

2. Strange, wonderful.

_Douglas._

3. Cunning, crafty.

_Douglas._

O. Fr. _coint_, bien fait, sage; Arm. _coant_.

~Quentis~, _s._ Elegant device.

_Barbour._

O. Fr. _cointise_, ornement, ajustement.

~Queint~, ~Queynt~, _s._ A wile, a device;

O. Fr. _cointe_.

_Wyntown._

_To_ QUEINTH, QUEITH, _v. a._ To pacify, or to bid farewell to.

_Douglas._

Su. G. Isl. _qwaed-ia_, salutare; valedicere.

QUELLES, _s. pl._ Yells.

_Sir Gawan._

Su. G. Isl. _qwill-a_, ejulare.

_To_ QUEME, _v. a._ To fit exactly; _queem_, Lanerks. _Quemit_, _part. pa._

~Queme~, _adj._ Exactly fitted, used as an _adv._ _Queem_, Lanerks. id.

_Douglas._

Teut. _quaem_, _be-quaem_ aptus.

QUEMIT, _part. pa._ Exactly fitted.

_Pal. of Hon._

Franc. _biquam_ congruit, convenit.

QUENRY, _s._ Abundance of bad women.

_Chr. S. P._

A. S. _cwen_, mulier, and _ric_, dives.

QUENT, QUENTISS.

V. ~Queint~.

QUENT, _adj._ Familiar, acquainted.

Fr. _accoint_, id.

_Bellenden._

QUERRELL, QUAREL, _s._ A quarry, S. B.

_Bellenden._

Fr. _quarrel-er_, to pave with flat stones.

QUERT, _s._ _In quert_, in a state of hilarity.

_S. P. Repr._

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