Dictionary: QUO – QZ

• QUOATH
vb. 1567 obs. – to faint

• QUOB
n. 1. 1876 Eng. dial. – a marshy spot; a bog, a quagmire; a quicksand
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a throb; a palpitation
n. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – an unfirm layer of fat
vb. 1863 Eng. dial. – to quiver like jelly; to throb; to palpitate

• QUOBBLE
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – of water: to make a noise in boiling

• QUOBBLED
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. – of a woman’s hands: shrivelled and wrinkled from being too long in the washtub

• QUOBBY
adj. 1. 1881 Eng. dial. – marshy, boggy
adj. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – flabby, wanting solidity

• QUOBMIRE
n. 1597 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a quagmire

• QUOBY!
int. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a call to a horse

• QUOCK
vb. 1. B1900 Eng. dial. – to vomit
vb. 2. B1900 Eng. dial. – to go shearing or harvesting at a distance from home

• QUOCKEN
vb. 1781 Eng. dial. – to vomit; to choke, to suffocate

• QUOCKER
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – one who goes harvesting to a distance

• QUOCKERWODGER
n. M19 sl. – a politician acting in accordance with the instructions of an influential third party, rather than properly representing their constituents

• QUOD
n. 1. 1700 sl. – a prison
n. 2. E19 sl. – a prisoner
n. 3. M19 sl. – a police station
vb. 1. 1812 sl. – to put in prison
vb. 2. L19 sl. – to serve a prison sentence

• QUODAMMODOTATIVE
adj. 1656 obs. – existing in a certain manner
n. 1656 obs. – a thing that exists in a certain way

• QUOD COVE
n. E19 UK criminals’ sl. – the governor of a prison

• QUOD CULL
n. M18 sl. – a prison warder, a turnkey

• QUODDED
adj. L17 sl. – imprisoned

• QUODDING DUES ARE CONCERNED
phr. E19 UK criminals’ sl. – it is a matter that will involve imprisonment

• QUODDITY
n. 1682 rare – a subtle distinction; a quibble, esp. in argument

• QUODDLE
vb. 1. 1662 obs. – to waddle
vb. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to boil; to make a noise while boiling
vb. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to dry, to shrivel up; to make limp or flabby

• QUODDLED
adj. 1777 Eng. dial. – shrivelled up

• QUODLIBETIFICATE
vb. 1743 obs. – to deal quibblingly with

• QUOIF
n. 1838 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs. – a cap

• QUOIFF
n. 18C sl. – the vagina

• QUOIL
n. 1. 1567 – a stir, a tumult, turmoil, a noisy disturbance, hurry, confusion, fuss, bustle → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 2. 1890 – a hay-cock, a heap of hay → Sc. & Eng. dial.

• QUOIN
n. 1838 rare – an angle, or angular object

• QUOIT
n. 1. 1706 obs. rare – a cast or throw
n. 2. 1809 Sc. – a curling-stone
n. 3. 1825 Sc. – the act of skating
n. 4. 1919 Aust. sl. – the anus; the backside
vb. 1. 1811 Sc. – to play at the game of curling; to throw curling-stones
vb. 2. 1825 Sc. – to skate

• QUOITING
n. 1811 Sc. – the game of curling

• QUOITING-STONE
n. 1827 rare – a curling-stone

• QUOITS
n. 1967 Sc. – the game of hopscotch

• QUOKE
adj. 1899 Amer. dial. – quaked
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to go shearing or harvesting at a distance from home

• QUOMODOCUNQUIZE
vb. 1652 nonce word obs. – to make money in any possible way

• QUOMP
vb. 1870 Eng. dial. – to subdue, to cow, to quiet; to damp one’s spirits

• QUONDAM
adj. 1586 – that formerly was or existed
adv. 1537 rare – at one time, formerly, heretofore
n. 1535 obs. – the former holder of some office or position; one who has been deposed or ejected

• QUONDAMLY
adv. 1814 – formerly

• QUONDAMSHIP
n. 1549 obs. – the state of being out of office

• QUONDORUM
n. 1894 Eng. dial. – a quandary; extreme perplexity

• QUONGS
n. 2002 UK sl. – the testicles

• QUONIAM
n. 1. L14 sl. – the vagina
n. 2. 1609 obs. rare – a drinking glass

• QUOOK
adj. a1400 obs. – did quake, quaked

• QUOP
int. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a call to a horse
n. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a throb, a palpitation
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – faint, sickly feelings
vb. a1658 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – to beat, to throb, to palpitate

• QUOPPY
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – palpitating; having faint sickly feelings

• QUOPY!
int. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a call to a horse

• QUORK
vb. 1820 Eng. dial. – to caw; to screech as a bird; to call out loudly but inarticulately

• QUORUM
n. 1. 1650 obs. rare – necessary materials
n. 2. c1760 Sc., chiefly poetic usage – a gathering, esp. of friends for social purposes; a company
n. 3. 1979 US sl. – in poker: the agreed-upon minimum number of players to continue a game

• QUOSS
vb. 1515 obs. – to barter, to exchange

• QUOT
adj. 1. c1741 Eng. dial. – sated, cloyed
adj. 2. 1848 Eng. dial. – low and broad; squat
n. 1. 1691 Eng. dial. – a pimple; a small boil or blister; a stye in the eye
n. 2. L17 – a man who meddles in ‘women’s work’ around the house
vb. 1. 1691 Eng. dial. obs. – to satiate, to glut
vb. 2. 1816 Eng. dial. – to squat, to sit; to crouch down, esp. of game; to hide

• QUOTA
n. L17 UK criminals’ sl. – a share of plunder

• QUOTANNAL
adj. 1651 obs. rare – yearly, annual

• QUOTANNUAL
adj. 1658 obs. – annual, yearly

• QUOTATION
n. 1. 1456 obs. rare – a numbering, number
n. 2. 1532 obs. – a marginal reference to a passage in a book
n. 3. 1608 obs. – a note or observation; a matter noted
n. 4. 1613 obs. rare – share, quota

• QUOTATIVE
adj. 1812 – relating to quoting; inclined to quote

• QUOTE
n. 1600 obs. – a marginal reference; a note
vb. 1. 1387 obs. rare – to mark a book with numbers (as of chapters, etc.), or with marginal references to other passages or works
vb. 2. 1573 obs. – to write down; to make a note or record of, to set down, to mention in writing
vb. 3. 1574 obs. – to give the reference to a passage in a book by specifying the page, chapter, etc. where it is to be found
vb. 4. 1588 obs. – to make mental note of; to notice, to observe, to mark, to scrutinize
vb. 5. 1941 Amer. dial. – to echo, to sound
vb. 6. 2000 UK sl. – in criminal circles: to vouch for someone

• QUOTENNIAL
adj. 1878 rare – yearly

• QUOTHE
vb. 1567 obs. – to faint

• QUOTHER
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to talk in a low and confidential tone

• QUOTIDIAL
adj. 1502 obs. – daily

• QUOTIDIALLY
adv. c1430 obs. – day by day

• QUOTIDIAN
adj. 1. c1380 – of things, acts, etc.: pert. to every day; daily
adj. 2. 1456 rare – of a person: performing some act daily
adj. 3. 1461-83 – of an everyday character; ordinary, commonplace, trivial

• QUOTIDIANARY
adj. 1719 obs. rare – everyday, daily

• QUOTIDIANLY
adv. 1447 rare – daily

• QUOTIENT
n. 1659 obs. rare – number, total

• QUOTIENTIVE
adj. 1871 rare – indicating how often

• QUOTITY
n. 1837 – a certain number of individuals, etc.

• QUOTTED
adj. 1674-91 Eng. dial. – sated, cloyed

• QUOTTER
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a woman worker on a farm without male relations with her in the same employment

• QUO VADIS
n. 2003 UK sl. – unfashionable or unpopular music

• QUOWA!
int. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a call to a horse

• QUOZ
int. 1802 obs. – expresses incredulity, contempt, etc.
n. 1. 1790 obs. – a queer or absurd person or thing
n. 2. 1990s UK juvenile sl. – a handicapped person; a disabled or deformed person

• QUOZZIE
n. 1990s UK juvenile sl. – a handicapped person; a disabled or deformed person

• QURD
n. 1. 1866 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a lump of excrement
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a term of reproach for a person

• QUYNE
n. c1450 obs. – queen

• QUYTIE
int. 1928 Sc. – a call word for ducks  

• QWASHA
n. 1980s S. Afr. sl. – a homemade gun, made from piping, springs, and rubber tubing  

• Q WITH A LONG TAIL
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a measuring tape which winds up into a box  

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