Dictionary: QUEES – QUH

► QUEESE vb. to wheeze → 1887 Sc.
► QUEESITIVE ‘adj. inquisitive → 1866 Sc.
► QUEESITIVENESS n. inquisitiveness → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► QUEET n. the ankle → 1754 Sc.
► QUEETER n. the act of working in a weak, half-hearted, trifling manner → 1866 Sc.
vb. to work lazily and languidly, to trifle, to waste time → 1866 Sc.
► QUEETERAN n. the act of working lazily → 1866 Sc.
► QUEETERIN adj. trifling, lackadaisical → 1866 Sc.
► QUEETERING adj. weak, trifling → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► QUEETICHIE int. a call word for ducks → 1928 Sc.
► QUEETIKINS n. gaiters, short leggings → 1871 Sc.
► QUEETLE int. a call word for ducks → 1928 Sc.
► QUEEVE vb. 1. to twist; to bend slowly backwards and forwards as a tree-top → 1809 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to experience a loss of energy → 1984 US sl.
► QUEEVERLY adj. fawning; hypocritical → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUEGG n. a homosexual → 2001 UK sl.
► QUEGO n. a Pacific Islander → 198s NZ sl.
► QUEINT adj. 1. strange, odd, out of the way → 1703 Eng. dial.
adj. 2. large, vast; extraordinary in point of size, quantity, etc. → 1788 Eng. dial.
adv. very, exceedingly → 1773 Eng. dial.
► QUEINTE n. the female genitals → 14C
► QUEINTLY adv. 1. very well → 1750 Eng. dial.
adv. 2. greatly, very much → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUEK n. a chess-board → 1426 obs.
► QUEKE n. 1. an imitation of the note of a goose → 1381 obs.
n. 2. a chess-board → 1426 obs.
► QUEL adj. twelve → 1710 Sc.
► QUELCH vb. 1. to squelch → 1659
vb. 2. to swallow → 1790 Eng. dial.
► QUELE vb. to die → c1000 obs.
► QUELET n. a gathering, collection; congregation → 1382 obs.
► QUELL n. 1. slaying, slaughter; power or means to quell → 1420
n. 2. a spring, fountain → 1894
vb. 1. to kill, to slay, to put to death; to destroy a person or animal → 897 obs.
vb. 2. to well out, to flow → 1340
vb. 3. to quail → 1894 Sc.
► QUELLY adj. wet, full of springs → 1854 Eng. dial.
► QUELM vb. to torment; to kill, to destroy → 825 obs.
► QUELMER n. a destroyer → 1425 obs.
► QUELPY adj. having the taste of eggs predominating; eggy → 19C Eng. dial. obs.
► QUELSH vb. to squelch → 1659
► QUELSTRING adj. of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering → 1777 Eng. dial.
► QUELT n. 1. a kilt → 1754 Sc. obs.
n. 2. a blow → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. to beat, to thrash soundly → 1836 Eng. dial.
► QUELTEN DOWN vb. to beat or thrash thoroughly → 1942 Amer. dial.
► QUELTERING ► QUELTRING adj. of the weather: hot, sultry; sweltering → 1777 Eng. dial.
► QUELTY vb. to breathe → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUELVE adj. twelve → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUEMADERO n. in Spain: a place where convicted heretics were executed by burning → 1778 
► QUEME adj. 1. pleasing, agreeable, acceptable to a person → 1200 obs.
adj. 2. fit, fitting, suitable; convenient, handy; near at hand, close → 1300 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
adj. 3. of pleasing appearance; beautiful, fair; neat, tidy → 1300 obs.
adj. 4. of persons: friendly or well-disposed to, intimate with → 1325 obs.
adj. 5. quiet, still → 1375 obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
adj. 6. skilled, clever; smart, active → 1400 obs.
adj. 7. protected from the wind, snug; unruffled, smooth → 1674 Eng. dial.
n. pleasure, satisfaction → 1175 obs.
vb. 1. of persons: to please, to gratify another, esp. a superior; to act so as to please one → 750 obs.
vb. 2. of things: to please, to be acceptable or agreeable to a person → 1000 obs.
vb. 3. to satisfy, to appease, to mitigate → 1250
vb. 4. to be suitable or fitting for → 1400 obs.
vb. 5. to join or fit closely → 1501 Sc.
vb. 6. to slip in → 1727 obs.
► QUEMEFUL adj. pleasing, pleasant, agreeable; kind. gracious → 1340 obs.
► QUEMELY adv. in a pleasing, agreeable, or becoming manner; neatly, gently, smoothly → 1380 obs.
► QUEMENESS n. pleasure, satisfaction → 900 obs.
► QUENCH vb. 1. to destroy, to kill a person; to oppress or crush → 1200
vb. 2. of fire, a burning thing, etc.: to be extinguished, to go out; to cease to burn or shine → 1290 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to come to an end, to perish, to disappear → 1305 obs.
vb. 4. to destroy some quality of a thing  → 1398 obs.
vb. 5. of a person: to cool down → 1611 obs.
vb. 6. to put down in a dispute, to squash → 1840
► QUENCH AWAY vb. to die → 1897 Eng. dial.
► QUENCH-COAL n. an extinguisher → 1615 obs.
► QUENCHER n. a drink → 1840 colloq.
► QUENCH-FIRE n. an apparatus, or substance for extinguishing fires → 1667 obs.
► QUENE n. a woman; a damsel; a term of endearment for a little girl → 1703 Sc.
► QUENGER vb. variant of conjure → 1567 obs.
► QUENQUESTE n. form of conquest → 1422 obs.
► QUENT ► QUEINT vb. to quench → 1557 obs.
► QUENTIN n. San Quentin prison, California → 1920 US prison & criminals’ sl.
► QUENTRY n. country → 1911 Sc.
► QUENTY adj. twenty → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUE PASA? phr. a greeting, what’s happening? → 1980 US students’ sl.
► QUERANT n. one who asks or inquires; one who consults or seeks to learn something by means of an astrologer→ 1591 obs.
► QUERANTE n. a spree → 1875 Eng. dial.
► QUER COLE n. counterfeit money → L17 UK criminals’ sl.
► QUERCIVOROUS adj. feeding on oak leaves → 1858
► QUER COVE n. a poor man → M18 sl.
► QUERD n. a wooden chamber pot; a fish barrel; a wooden tub → 1808 Sc.
► QUERDOOD n. the small upper branches and loppings of trees, etc., cut into lengths and stacked for sale as firewood → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUERE n. 1. a question, a query → 1589
n. 2. the choir or chancel of a church; the persons composing the choir → 1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. to ask, to inquire; to query → 1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► QUERELATORY adj. of the nature of a complaint → 1553 obs.
► QUERELE n. 1. a complaint; an action → 1494 obs.
n. 2. a cause, an affair → 1552 obs.
vb. to quarrel → 1548 obs.
► QUERELER n. a quarreller, an objector → 1542 obs.
► QUERELOUS adj. querulous → 1581 obs.
► QUERENCIA n. 1. in bullfighting: the part of the arena where the bull takes his stand; stamping ground → 1932
n. 2. a favourite place; home ground, refuge → 1952
► QUERENT adj. complaining → 1845
n. 1. one who asks or inquires; one who consults or seeks to learn something by means of an astrologer → 1598
n. 2. a complainant, a plaintiff → 1727
► QUERICAL adj. of the nature of a query → 1699 obs.
n. a query → 1699 obs.
► QUERIDA n. a sweetheart, darling → 1834
► QUERIDO n. a male sweetheart → 1970
► QUERIER n. a chimney sweep who goes from house to house offering their services → 1861 sl.
► QUERIMONIOUS adj. full of or addicted to complaining → 1604
► QUERIMONY n. complaint, complaining → 1529
► QUERIOUS adj. curious → 1835 Sc.
► QUERISM n. the practice of inquiring or asking → 1648 obs.
► QUERIST n. one who asks or inquires; a questioner, interrogator → 1633
► QUERK vb. 1. to grunt, to groan; to grumble → 1746 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to croak; to squeal as an animal in pain; to emit the breath forcible, esp. after violent exertion → 1790 Eng. dial.
► QUER KEN n. a house not worth robbing → L17 UK criminals’ sl.
► QUERKEN vb. to choke, to suffocate, to stifle → 1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► QUERKETY adj. given to peevish complaining; grumbling, querulous → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUERKING adj. given to peevish complaining; grumbling, querulous → 1746 Eng. dial.
► QUERKY adj. given to peevish complaining; grumbling, querulous → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUERL ► QUIRL n. a curl, a twist, a twirl → 1854 US
vb. to twirl, to coil → 1787 US
► QUERLY n. a cigarette, esp. a hand-rolled one → 1932 Amer. dial.
► QUER MORT n. a poor woman → M18 sl.
► QUERN n. 1. a large piece of ice → 1400 obs.
n. 2. the stomach of a fowl, the gizzard → 1825 Sc.
n. 3. a small particle → 1882 Eng. dial.
n. 4. corn → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUERNAL adj. make of oak leaves; oaken → 1599 obs.
► QUEROR n. an inquirer → 1400 obs.
► QUERT adj. healthy; in good condition; whole and sound → 1300 obs.
n. health; healthy or sound condition; the state of being alive and well → 1300 obs.
► QUERTY adj. lively, vivacious, active, in good spirits; full of fun or mischief → 1790 Sc. obs.
► QUERULATION n. complaint, complaining → 1614 obs.
► QUERULENTAL adj. querulous → 1785 obs.
► QUERULENTIAL adj. querulous; fault-finding; complaining, prone to making complaints → 1786 obs.
► QUERULING n. complaining → 1838 obs.
► QUERULIST n. one who complains → 1788 obs.
► QUERULITY n. the habit or spirit of complaining → 1866
► QUERULOSITY n. the habit or spirit of complaining  → 1882 obs.
► QUERY n. 1. a strange or curious circumstance; a queer thing → 1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 2. a test or examination → 1976 US sl.
vb. to solicit work as a chimney-sweep → 1851 Eng. dial.
► QUES n. the question mark (?) character on a computer keyboard → 1991 US sl.
► QUESITED adj. sought for, asked about → 1647 obs.
► QUESITITIOUS adj. sought for, asked about → 1674 obs.
► QUESITIVE adj. interrogative → 1891
► QUEST n. 1. 1300 – the search for game made by hounds → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. 1589 – a dozen → obs.
n. 3. 1604 – a person employed in searching → obs.
n. 4. 1843 – a collection for a charitable purpose → Ireland
n. 5. 1905 – an inquest → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1. 1607 – to frogs: to croak → obs.
vb. 2. 1647 – to crush → obs.
vb. 3. 1843 – to collect money or provisions as alms → Ireland
vb. 4. 1897 – to question, to request, to demand
► QUESTANT n. one who quests or searches → 1601 obs.
► QUEST-DITER n. a quest-monger; one who made a business of conducting inquests → 1460 obs.
► QUESTFUL adj. full of questing or searching → 1869 
► QUEST-GANGER n.  a quest-monger; one who made a business of conducting inquests → 1460 obs.
► QUESTING QUEEN n. a flirt → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► QUESTIONAL adj. relating to questions → 1607 obs.
► QUESTIONARY adj. 1.  having the form of a question; consisting of questions → 1653 
adj. 2. that asks questions → 1711 
n. a list of questions → 1541 
► QUESTIONATIVELY adv. as a question → 1657 obs.
► QUESTIONEE n. one who is questioned → 1838 
► QUESTIONFUL n. a full reply to a question → 1647 obs.
► QUESTIONIZE vb. to put questions to → 1847 Amer.
► QUESTION LAY vb. ‘to knock at a door early in the morning and ask for the master of the house, and if he’s a bed, to desire the servant not to disturb him. for you’ll wait till he rises. and so you take an opportunity of stealing something → 18C UK criminals’ sl.
► QUESTION MARK n. a point about which there is uncertainty or doubt; an unresolved problem; also, a person whose character is unknown or unfathomable → 1869
► QUESTIONOUS adj. given to asking questions; inquisitive → 1893
► QUESTION-SICK adj. having a mania for questioning → 1942 obs.
► QUESTION-STOP n. a question mark → 1862
► QUESTION-WISE adv. as a question → 1642 obs.
► QUESTMAN n. a person appointed to make official inquiry into any matter → 1548
► QUESTMONGER n. one who made a business of conducting inquests → 1377 obs.
► QUESTRIST n. one who goes in quest of another → 1605 obs.
► QUESTRYMEN n. jurymen → 1690 obs.
► QUETCH vb. 1. to shake; to brandish; to drive, to chase → 825 obs.
vb. 2. of persons or animals: to move the body or any part of it; to stir; in later use, to shrink, to wince, to twitch with pain, and usually in negative clauses → 1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to stir or move from one place to another; to go, to run. to hasten → 1205 obs.
vb. 4. of things: to shake, to tremble → 1205 obs.
vb. 5. to utter a sound; usually in negative clauses → 1530 obs. Eng. dial.
► QUETHE n. speech; address; sound; cry; clamour → 1300 obs.
vb. 1. to speak, say, declare, tell, call → 825 obs.
vb. 2. to promise → 1250 obs.
vb. 3. to assign by will; to bequeath → 1303 obs.
► QUETHE-WORD n. a legacy, bequest → 1481 obs.
► QUETHING n. bequeathing → 1380 obs.
► QUETHING WORD n. last farewell → 1513
► QUEUE adj. homosexual → 1940 sl.
n. the tailpiece of a violin or other instrument → 1876 
► QUEUE-PEE n. the curls of hair on the top of a child’s head → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUEVEN vb. ? to plunge → 1325 obs.
► QUEY n. a young cow before it has had a calf; a heifer → 1374 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► QUEY-LAIKENS n. cows → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUEYNTE n. the vagina  → 14C 
► QUEZZEN vb. 1. to choke, to stifle, to smother → 1561 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to smoulder away without flame → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUEZZIE n. a question → 2002 UK sl.
► QUHAUP n. a goblin, an evil spirit, supposed to go about under the eaves of houses after the fall of night, having a long beak resembling a pair of tongs for the purpose of carrying off evildoers → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)