Quirk. To complain (A.B.G.); spelt Quisk by Akerman in error. To grunt (S.); to croak. A frog often quirks, and a toad sometimes.—N. & S.W.
Quiset about. To pry about (Wilts Arch. Mag. vol. xxii. p. 112).—N.W.
Quisk. See Quirk.
Quist, Quisty. See Quest.
Quob. (1) A soft wet place, a piece of marsh or bog.—N.W. Cp. W. of Eng. quob, a bog; quob-mire, Salop. (2) Hence 'all in a quob,' said of a bad bruise.—N.W.
Quomped. See Quamped.
*Quop. To throb (A.B.G.).
R. (1) In pronunciation r often has d or t affixed or prefixed, as Cavaltry, horsemen; Crockerty, crockery; Millard, miller, &c. (2) See Har. (3) Transpositions frequently occur, as cruds, curds; cruddle, to curdle; girn, to grin; girt, great; gird'l, a great deal; hirn, to run.
Rabbit-flower. Dielytra spectabilis, DC., the flowers of which, when pulled apart, form two little pink rabbits.—S.W., occasionally.