An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
You're reading novel online at LightNovelsOnl.com. Please use the follow button to get notifications about your favorite novels and its latest chapters so you can come back anytime and won't miss anything.
QUERRELL, QUAREL, _s._ A quarry, S. B.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
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. _ch.o.a.r-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, _p.r.o.n._ 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. _thw.a.n.g_.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
_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._
