An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 647
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 647
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._