Chapter C: B. pwt-iaw, to push, to thrust
~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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