An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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_To_ ~Put~, _v. n._ To throw a heavy stone above-hand, S.
_Ramsay._
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._
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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._
