Quar-Martin. Hirundo riparia, Sand-Martin, from its breeding in holes drilled in the face of sandy quarries (Wild Life, ch. ix).—N.W.
Quat, Qwot, or Qwatty. (1) To crouch down (sometimes, but not always, remaining quite still), as a scared partridge (Amateur Poacher, ch. iii). To squat (A.); to sit (S.).—N. & S.W. (2) To flatten, to squash flat.—N.W.
*Quavin-gog or Quaving-gog.A quagmire (A.B.H.Wr.). See Gog.—N.W.
'In the valley below the hill on which Swindon is built, are some quagmires, called by the inhabitants quaving-gogs, which are considered of great depth, and are consequently shunned as places of danger.'—Beauties of Wilts, vol. iii. p. 8.
*Quean.A woman.—N.W. (Castle Eaton.)
'The Saxon word quean, woman, is still used without any objectionable meaning, but its use is rare.'—Leisure Hour, Aug. 1893.
'When a man says of his wife that "th' old quean" did so and so, he means no disrespect to her, any more than if he were speaking of his child as "the little wench."'—Miss E. Boyer-Brown.
Queed, Quid. (1) n. The cud. 'To chamme the queed' is given as a Wiltshire phrase in MS. Lansd. 1033 (H.).—N.W. *(2) Quid. v. To suck (A.).—N.W.
Queen's-cushion. A seat for a little girl, made by two persons crossing hands, and so carrying her between them. When a boy is so carried the term used is King's-cushion.—N. & S.W.
Quest, Quist. The Woodpigeon, Columba palumbus (A.B.); Quisty. 'Thee bist a queer quist,' i.e. a strange sort of fellow.—N. & S.W.
'The Wiltshire labourers invariably call it ... the "Quisty."'—Birds of Wilts, p. 318.