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quaich, V, [264] a, 3: cup or bowl (Irish cuach).

quarrelld, p. p., I, 367 f., 12, 20: quarrelled with, found fault with.

quarry, IV, 26, 6: of living game, in the modern way (in an adulterated ballad). See querry.

quarterer, IV, 152, B 9, 10: lodger.

queed, II, 423, A 1: gueed, good is required; queed could mean only ill.

queen, quean, queyne, quen, quien, I, 69, 38, 39; 302, A 11; 303, C 6: woman. II, 141, 11; V, [272], 8, 10: concubine.

queer, quir, IV, 465, 39; V, [224], 27: choir.

queet, quit, cweet, IV, 190, 26; II, 96, I 3: ankle.

quen. See queen.

quequer, III, 112, 51: quiver.

quere, III, 250, K 7: inquire.

querry, quyrry, III, 307, 8; 311, 11: quarry, dead game. See quarry.

quest, III, 25, 69; IV, 11, 12: inquest.

questry-men, another, IV, 11, 13: men constituting a quest, inquest; but another raises a doubt whether we should not read quest of, as in 12 (ry being caught from jury, above).

queyt, III, 112, 59: quit, requite. See quite.

quien. See queen.

quiles, II, 488, 1, 2: coils, colls, cocks.

quill, IV, 213, 11: quill, the small round fold of a ruff, seems to be put for the quilled ruff; otherwise, kell, cap (or coul, night-cap, not likely).

quinë-stane, qunie-stane, V, [248], 10, 11: (quoin, coin) corner-stone.

quir, queer, V, [224], 27: choir.

quirn, I, 17, 15: hand-mill.

quit, II, 283, 3: ankle. See queet.

quite, III, 333, 28: requite. See queyt, quyte.

quite, III, 431, 28: free, clear, unpunished.

qunie-stane. See quinë-stane.

quoif, coif, II, 279, 1: cap.

qustens, V, [217], a 15: questions.

quyrry, III, 307, 8: quarry, the slaughtered game. See querry.

quyte þe, III, 100, 77: acquit thyself, square the account. The other text has, quit me.