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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.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
