An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
Chapter 652 : QUICKEN, _s._ Couch-gra.s.s. _Lightfoot._ Sw. _qwick-hwete_, _qwick-rot_, _qwicka_, id

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.