Purvey, Purveyed, "purvey such a lad" (N[68],b; also 65,c)—"hath purveyed me" (N[43],c), provide, plan, contrive: specifically to supply provisions.
Puttock (JE[363],b), properly the common kite, but also applied to other birds of prey.
Qualified, "would not be qualified" (R[224],c), appeased, mollified, calmed. "Whan the quene was thus qualyfyed"—tr. Pol. Verg. Eng. Hist. (c. 1540), 210 (Camden, No. 29).
Quorum, see Justices of Quorum.
Rail, "if thou rail too far" (N[52],b), wander, roam. "I rayle, I straye abrode, je trace, je tracasse. He doth naught els but rayle here and there."—Palsgrave, Lang. Franc. (1530), 678, I.
Raise, "is that the great love ye raise her" (WS[147],a), bear: cf. the now (except as regards cattle) rare sense of raise = beget.
Rat, "we have smelled a rat" (R[187],a), one of the earliest instances of this proverbial saying.
Rather, "later or rather" (R[188],c), earlier. "Aftir me is comun a man, which was maad bifor me; for he was rather than Y."—Wyclif (1388), John i. 30.
Raught, "raught to Cumberland" (R[254],a), reached.