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.

C. B. chwaer-u, to be active; chwar-eu, to sport; chwareuad, chwuareuaeth, sport, merriment; chwarth, a laugh; Arm. choar-i, jouer.

Quierty, Querty, adj.
1. Lively, possessing a flow of animal spirits, S.
2. Active, Ayrs., Dumfr.

QUESTES, s. pl. Noise of hounds.
Sir Gawan.

Fr. quest-er, to open as a dog.

QUETHING.
V. Queinth.
Douglas.

QUH, expressing a strong guttural sound, S.

QUHA, QUHAY, pron. Who; quhays, whose, S.
Douglas.

QUHAYE, s. Whey.
Flot quhaye, a delicate sort of curd which floats at the top of whey when boiled, S.
Complaynt S.

A. S. hweg, Belg. weye, huy.

QUHAYNG, WHANG, s.
1. A thong, S.

A. S. thwang.

Bellenden.
Ay at the whittle and the quhang, S. Prov. Still in a broil; Sw. tweng, id.
2. A thick slice of any thing eatable, S.
Burns.

To Quhang, Whang, v. a.
1. To flog, S.
2. To lash in discourse.
Burns.
3. To cut in large slices, S.

QUHAIP, QUHAUP, WHAAP, s. A curlew, S.
Acts Marie.

Quhaip, Quhaup, s. A goblin supposed to go about under the eaves of houses after night fall, having a long beak, Ayrs.

QUHAM, s.
1. A dale among hills, S.
2. A marshy hollow, Loth.

Isl. hwamm-r, convallicula seu semivallis; hwome, vorago.

QUHARE, adv. Where.
S. P. Repr.

Quhairintil, adv. Wherein.
R. Bruce.

QUHA-SAY, s. A sham, a pretence.
Leg. St Androis.

Corr. perh. from Lat. quasi, as if.

QUHATKYN, QUHATEN. What kind of; S. whattin.
V. Kin.
Barbour.

QUHATSUMEUIR, adj. Whatsoever.
Crosraguel.

To QUHAUK, v. a. To beat, S. E.

QUHAUP, s. A curlew.
V. Quhaip.

QUHAUP, WHAAP. There's a whaap in the raip, S. Prov. There is something wrong.
Kelly.

QUHAUP, s. A pod in the earliest state, S.

To Whaup, or to be Whauped, v. n. To assume the form of pods, S. B.

To Quhaup, v. a. To shell peas, S. B.

To QUHAWCH, v. n.
V. Quaik.

QUHAWE, s. A marsh, a quagmire.

C. B. chwi, a whirl; chwiawg, full of whirls.

Wyntown.

QUHEYNE, QUHENE, QUHOYNE, QUHONE, adj. Few, S.
Barbour.

Quhene, S. wheen, s. A small quantity.

A. S. hwaene, hwene, aliquantum, paulo.

To QUHEMLE, WHOMMEL, v. a. To turn upside down, S. whummil.
Bellenden.

Su. G. hwiml-a, vertigine laborare.

QUHETHIR, THE QUHETHYR, conj. However.
Barbour.

A. S. hwaethere, tamen, attamen.

To QUHETHIR, v. n.
V. Quiddir.

To QUHEW, v. n. To whiz, to whistle.

C. B. chwaw-iaw, to blow.

Burel.

Quhew, s.
1. The sound produced by the motion of any body through the air with velocity; S. B. few.
Douglas.
2. A disease which proved extremely fatal in Scotland, A. 1420; occasioned, as would appear from the description, by the unnatural temperature of the weather.
Fordun.

C. B. chwa, chwaw, a blast, a gust.

V. Quhich.

QUHY, s. A cause, a reason.
K. Quair.

To QUHICH, QUHIGH, QUHIHHER, (gutt.) v. n. To move through the air with a whizzing sound, S. B.
Minstrelsy Bord.

A. S. hweoth, hwith, flatus, aura lenis.

To QUHID, WHUD, v. n.
1. To whisk, to move nimbly, S.
Ramsay.
2. To fib, to equivocate, S.

C. B. chwidraw, to move quickly; also to juggle; hwidrar, pernix fertur.

Quhyd, Whid.
1. A quick motion, S.
2. A smart stroke.
Burel.
3. In a whid, in a moment, S.
R. Galloway.
4. A lie, properly in the way of evasion.

Isl. hwida, fervida actio; C. B. chwid, a quick turn.

To QUHIDDIR, QUHETHYR, v. a. To whiz, S.
V. Quhich.
Barbour.

A. S. hwother-an, to make a booming noise.

Quhidder, s. A whizzing sound, S. whithir.
Douglas.

QUHIDDER, s. A slight and transient indisposition, S. quhither.

A. S. hwith; q. a passing blast.

QUHIG, WHIG, s. The sour part of cream, which separates from the rest, S.

A. S. hwaeg, serum, whey.

Gl. Compl.

QUHILE, QUHILIS, adv. At times.
Wyntown.

Moes. G. quheil-a, A. S. hwil, time.

Quhile, Quhil, adv. Some time, formerly.
Barbour.

Quhile, Quhille, adj. Late, deceased.
Barbour.

QUHILK, pron. Which, who, S.
Wynt.

A. S. Dan. hwilc, Belg. welk, id.

QUHILK, s. An imitative word expressing the cry of a gosling.
Compl. S.

QUHILL, conj. Until, S.
Barbour.

A. S. hwile, donec, until.

QUHILLY BILLY, the noise made in violent coughing or reaching.
V. Hillie-billow.
Lyndsay.

QUHYLUM, QUHILOM, adv.
1. Some time ago.
Wyntown.
2. At times.
V. Umquhile.
Barbour.
3. Distributively; now, then.
Dunbar.

A. S. hwilom, hwilum, aliquando.

QUHYN, QUHIN-STANE, s. Green-stone; the name given to basalt, trap, &c. S.
Douglas.

Isl. hwijn-a, resonare; hwin, resonans; q. "the resounding stone."

To QUHYNGE, v. n. To whine, S. wheenge.
Douglas.

Su. G. weng-a; plorare.

To QUHIP, WIPP, v. a. To bind about, S.

Moes. G. waib-jan, to surround; Isl. wef, circumvolvo.

Quhippis, s. pl. Crowns.
Gl. Sibb.

Moes. G. waips, corona.

To QUHIRR, v. n. To emit such a sound as that of a partridge or moorfowl, when it takes flight, S. whurr.

E. whirring is used as an adj. Su. G. hurr-a, murmurare, cum impetu circumagi.

Quhirr, s. The sound of an object moving, as above expressed, S. whurr.

To QUHISSEL, WISSIL, v. a.
1. To exchange.
Douglas.
2. To change; used as to money, S. B.
Acts Ja. V.

Belg. wissel-en, Germ. wechsel-n, Su. G. waexl-a, id.

Quhissel, Whissle, Wissel, s. Change given for money, S. B.
Burns.

Belg. wissel, Germ. weschell, id.

Quhysselar, s.
1. A changer of money.
2. A person employed privately to raise the price of goods sold by auction.

Teut. wisseler, id.

Gl. Sibb.

To QUHYTE, WHEAT, v. a. To cut with a knife; usually applied to wood, S.

A. S. thwit-an, thweot-an, id.

QUHYTE, adj. Hypocritical, dissembling.
Douglas.

White used metaph. like fair, specious.

QUHITE MONEY, silver.
Acts Ja. V.

Su. G. hwita penningar, silver money.

QUHITHER, s. A slight illness.
V. Quhidder.

QUHYTYSS, s. pl.
Barbour.

O. Fr. heutte, a hat worn by military men; L. B. huveti, vestis species, viewed as a sort of mantle.

QUHITRED, QUHITTRET, s. The weasel, S.; whitrack, Moray.
Sibbald.

Isl. hwatur, Su. G. hwat, quick, fleet; C. B. chwidrad, unsteady motion; chwid-rawg, full of giddiness.

QUHITSTANE, s. A whetstone.
Doug.

Teut. wet-sten, cos.

To QUHITTER, QUITTER, v. n.
1. To warble, to chatter, S.
Douglas.
2. Applied to the quick motion of the tongue.
Douglas.

Su. G. qwittr-a, Belg. quetter-n, garrire instar avium.

QUHOYNE, adj. Few.
V. Quheyne.

To QUHOMMEL, v. a.
V. Quhemle.

QUHONNAR, adj. Fewer.
V. Quheyne.
Barbour.

QUHOW, adv. How.
Abp. Hamiltoun.

To QUHRYNE, v. n.
1. To squeak.
Montgomerie.
2. To murmur, to whine.
Douglas.

A. S. hrin-an, Isl. hrin-a, ejulare, mugire.

Quhryne, s. A whining or growling sound.
Douglas.

QUY, QUYACH, s.
V. Quey.

QUIBOW, s. A branch of a tree, S. B.

Ir. Gael. caobh, id.

QUICH, (gutt.) s. A small round-eared cap for a woman's head, worn under another, Ang.

Su. G. hwif; C. B. penguwch, id., from pen, head, and cuwch, the brows, or knitting of them.

QUICKEN, s. Couch-grass.
Lightfoot.

Sw. qwick-hwete, qwick-rot, qwicka, id.

QUIERTY, adj. Lively.
V. Quert.

QUIETIE, s. Privacy.
Lyndsay.

To QUIN, v. a. To con.
Maitland P.

QUYNYIE, QUYNIE, QUEINGIE, s. A corner.

O. Fr. coing, id.

Journal Lond.

QUINK, QUINCK, s. Golden-eyed duck, Orkn.
Acts Marie.

Norw. quink-e, to pipe.

QUINTER, s. A ewe in her third year; q. twinter, her second year being completed.
Gl. Sibb.

QUIRIE, s. The royal stud.
Spotswood.

Fr. ecurie, id.

QUISQUOUS, adj. Nice, perplexing, S.

Lat. quisquis.

Wodrow.

QUYTE, part. pa. Requited.
Gawan and Gol.

To QUITTER, v. n.
V. Quhitter.

To QUYTCLEYME, v. a. To renounce all claim to.
Wallace.

Qwyt-cleme, s. Renunciation.
Wyntown.

QUOD, pret. v. Quoth, said, S.

Alem. quad, dixi.

Complaynt S.

QUOY, s. A young cow.
V. Quey.

QUOY, s.
1. A piece of ground, taken in from a common, and inclosed, Orkn.
2. Sheep quoy, a penn; synon. with bucht, Orkn.

Isl. kwi, claustrum, ubi oves includuntur.

3. A ringit quoy, one which has originally been of a circular form, ibid.

QUOTT, QUOTE, QUOITT, s. The portion of the goods of one deceased, appointed by law to be paid for the confirmation of his testament, or for the right of intromitting with his property.
Act Sed.

Fr. quote, L. B. quota, portion.