An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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QUICKEN, _s._ Couch-gra.s.s.
_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.
