QUAVERINGLY. //tun. Afxilh. 22 S. Ihons l>eries. .be good for the quauering harte. 1607 TOPSELL Four-/. Beasts (1658) 272 Such passing sweet musick as that his fine quavering hand could sometime make. 1725 POPE Odyss. xx. 222 With quavering cries the vaulted roofs resound. 1873 HOLLAND A. Bonnie. xxi. 340 A voice quite unnatural in its quavering sharpness. HenceQua-verin{flya
QUEBRACHO. queasy stomachs. 1889 C. KEENE Let. in Life xiii. (1892) 409 My stomach is in such a queasy state, that a gram in excess puts me all wrong. fb. trans/. Of the mind, feelings, etc. : Delicate, fastidious, nice. Obs. These Instrumentes 1545 ASCHAM Toxoph. i. (Arb.) 40 make a mannes wit . . so tender and quaisie that they be lesse able to brooke strong and tough studie. c 1590 GREENK Fr. Bacon x. 130 Eyes are dissemblers, and fancy is but queasy. 1641 ROGERS Naaman 565 Beware then of a sullen, queazy, coy and proud heart. 1659 EEDES Wisdom's Jvstif. 40 The queasie soul that receives not the Word. C. Of conscience, etc. : Tender, scrupulous. 1579 G. HARVEY Letter-Ik. (Camden) 76 The thinges themselves. .ar not so offensive to quesy consciences. 1646 SIR T. BROWNE Pseud. Ef. 374 The ambition of Boniface made no scruple thereof; nor of more queasie resolutions have been their Successors ever since. 1781 COWPER Charity 447 When queasy conscience has its qualms. 1886 SYMONDS Kenaiss. //., Cath. React. (1898) I. iv. 223 Ignatius recommended fishers of souls to humour queasy consciences. 4. Of pains, etc. : Of the nature of sickness ; uneasy, uncomfortable. 1589 Pappe 10. Hatchet (r844) 13 O what queasie girds were they towards the fall of the leafe. 1650 BULWER Anthropomet. 158 To return by Art their queasie paine upon women, to the great reproach of Nature. 1878 STEVEN- SON Inland Voy. 114,! had a queasy sense that I wore my last dry clothes upon my body. 6. Of persons: Having a queasy stomach ; liable to turn sick ; subject to, or affected with, nausea. 1606 SHAKS. Ant. ff Cl. in. vi. 20 [The Romans] queazie with his insolence already, Will their good thoughts call from him. i6az FLETCHER Span. Cur. lit. ii, Your queazie lams T. L. PEACOCK Headlong Hall vii, The Reverend Doctor Gaster found himself rather queasy in the morning. 1855 BROWNING Grammar. Funeral 64 Even to the crumbs I'd fain eat up the feast, Ay, nor feel queasy. b. trans/, (with earlier quots. cf. sense i). 1579 G. HARVEY Letter-bis. (Camden) 73 Over-stale for so queynte and queasye a worlde. 1601 MARSTON Ant. * Me I. II. Wks. 1856 I. 22 O that the stomack of this queasie age Digestes, or brookes such raw unseasoned gobs. 1641 S. MARSHALL Fast Sernt. tef. Ho. Comm. Ep. Ded. 3 A time so queasie and distempered as can hardly beare that Food or Physicke which is needfull. 1869 BROWNING Ring fr Bk. x. 113 The queasy river could not hold Its swallowed Jonas, but discharged the meal. 6. Comb, queasy-stomached a. (see sense 3). 1579-80 NORTH Plutarch (1676) 757 Antonius . . being queasie stomacked with his Surfeit. 1608 ARM West Ninn. (1842) 6 The World, queasie stomackt as one fed with the earth's nectar, and delicates. 1635 QUARLES Embl. m. xiv. (1718) 181 Look, sister, how the queazy.stomach'd graves Vomit their dead. Queat ; e, Queatch(e, Queave, Queazen: see QUIET, WHEAT, QUETCH, QUAVE, QUEASOM. t Quebas. Obs. rare 1 . Some kind of a i8 game. ETHEREDCF. She mou'd if she con'd in. iii, Did I associate myself with the Gaming Madams, and were every afternoon at my Lady Briefes. .at Umbre and Quebas. II Quebracho (ka>ra-t|0). [Sp. quebracho, also quielira-hac/ia, {. quebrar to break + hacha axe.] The name of several American trees, having extremely hard timber and medicinal bnrk; esp. the white quebracho of S. America {Aspidosferma 39 cwead, 3-4 quoad, 4 kuead ; 3 owed, 3-5 qued, quede, 4 kued, quet, 4-6 queed, (5 qw-), 5 queyd,quethe,qwej?e ; 3-4 (6 Sc.} quad,4 (6 Sf.) 7 quade, 6 Sc. quaid. [Early ME. ciuead, cnved, cwad=z OFris. ^a/(mod.Fris. quoad, qua}> MDu. quaett quaed- (Du. kwaad\ MLG. quat, qufid-, of uncertain origin. OHG. qu&t (M HG. qttdt, kdt, kdt, G. tot, koth~} t filth, is usually regarded as a snbst. use of the same adj., but the vowel of the corresp. OE. cwtad presents difficulties.] A. adj. Evil, wicked, bad. c 1205-25 [Implied in OUEDSHIP], 1:1250 Gen. ff Ex. 536 Wapmen bigunnen quad mester. a 1300 Vox ff Wolf 200 in Hazl. E. P. P. (1864) I. 64 Ich habhe ben qued al mi lif-daie. ^1330 Arth. $ MerL 1498 (Kolbing) pat o>er dragoun. .clowes he hadde qued. 1340 Ayenb. 17 pe uerste is kuead, ^o oj>er worse, "be |)ridde alt>erworst. (1386 CHAUCER Prioress' Prol. 4 God yeue this monk a thousand last quade yeer. c 1420 Liber Cocorum (1862) 37 pou take gode ale, is not ]>at quede. 1501 DOUGLAS Pal. Hon, \. Ixii, This inordinate court, and proces quaid {rime braid, laid] I will obiect. 1560 HOLLAND Crt. Venus n. 161 The quader was his weird. Ibid. 333 Quad knaif, thow was ouir negligent. 1669 STURMY Mariner's Mag. i. ii. 18 ' How Wind you?' 'East'. A bad quade Wind. b. Hostile, inimical to. rare. 1x1300 Cursor M. 8535 (Gott.) pe cyte of cartage, |>at to Rome was euer quede. 1418-20 Siege Rouen in A rchxologia XXI. 65 Owre men gaff ham sum off here brede, Thow thay to us ware now so quede. B. sb. 1. A bad or wicked person. 1250 Gen. ff Ex. 295 Dowgte 5is quead, *hu ma it ben [etc.] '. Ibid. 4063 Balaam, Sat ille quad [rime dead], c 1300 Prov, Hending xxvi. in Kemble Salomon ff Sat. (1848) 277 Ant himself is be meste qued pat may breke eny bred. ^1330 R. BRUNNE Chron, Wace (Rolls) 8596 Kyng of Amalek was that qued, A ful fers kyng. a 1400 Minor Poents/r. Vernon MS. (E. E. T. S.) 589/440 Kep, and saue bi gode los, And beo I-holden no qued. c 1460 Towneley Myst. ix. 117, 1 am fulle bowne To spyr and spy. .After that wykkyd queyd. b. spec. The evil one ; the Devil. c 1150 Death 246 in O. E. Misc. 182 Ne mai no tunge telle hu lodlich is be cwed. 1297 R. GLOUC. (Rolls) 6429 Hii bitoke J>e quea hpr soule, be kunde eirs to bitraye. c 1325 Chron. Eng. 210 in Ritson, Tho thes maister was ded, Anon he wende to the qued. 1377 LANGL. P. PI. B. xiv. 189 He shulde take the acquitance. .and to the qued schewe it. ci4So LONELICH Grail xxxvii. 634 He [Jesus] travailled.. Man-kynde to byen from the qwed. 2. Evil, mischief, harm. a 12*5 Ancr. R. 72 Moni mon weneft to don wel ^ he deS alto cweade. a 1300 Vox ff Wolf 210 in Hazl. E. P. P. (1864) I. 65 Forjef hit me, Ich habbe ofte sehtd qued bi the. cmo Arth. ff MerL 5508 (KOlbing) Com we noujt hider for . . pi qued ac for bi gode. 1340 Ayenb. 28 pe kueades of obren he hise more|> and arereb'*t>e his mi3te. 1387 TREVISA Higden (Rolls) I. 417 At Penbrook in a stede Fendes doob ofte quede. a. 1529 SKELTON Epitkaphe 4 This knaues be deade, Full of myschiefe and queed. Hence fQuedfnl a., full of evil or wickedness ; Quedhead [s= OFris. quadhed, Du. kwaadheid\ ~ Quedship\ Qnedly adv. = [ OFris. qua(de]liki\ t wickedly ; Qnedness, Quedship, evil, wickedness. 1340 Ayenb. 6 pajles be wone is *kueaduol and may wel wende to zenne dyadliche. 1340-70 Alex, ff Dind. 541 To quern quedfulle godeis bat quenchen your blisse. c 1315 SHOREHAM 151 O . . justyse [that] dampneth theves for to ordeyne Peys in londe..Ne for "queadhevede. 1340 Ayenb. 101 pet bou hatye zenne and uouihedes and kueadhedes. ciyE. E. Psalter xvii. 22 (Harl. MS.), I shemed waies of Laverd wel, Ne *quedltc bare I fra mi God na del. 1340 Ayenb. 2 Na?t kueadliche ake lijtiiche antl wyboute sklaundre. c 1300 E. E. Psalter x. 6 pat loues "quednes, his saule hates he. 1340 Ayenb. 40 Ofte lycse be guode playntes be hare kueadnessc. .1205 LAY. 5067 Ne sculde na cniht QUEEN. 2. Of articles of diet: Unsettling the stomach or health ; causing sickness or nausea. Now rare. 1496 Fysshyngt to. Angle (1883) 24 The barbyll ..is a i;i^y meete & a peryllous for mannys body. 15.. 1'icfs < Fitllhnm 19 in Hazl. E. P. P. II. 3 Kodlynges, konger, suche queyse [v.r. coisy] fysche. 1544 PHAER Pestince (1553) N viij b, In this disease ye mayc eate no ueasie meates, as eles, gese, duckes. 1579 LVLV EMjtima Arb.) 44 To the stomacke sated with dainties, all dehcates *eme queasie. MANTON 1653 Exp. jfowcs i. 21 Like a hot morsel or queasy bit, it was soon given up again. 1661 LOVELL Hist. Anim. If Min. 225 Their flesh is queasy, corruptible, and aguish. 1876 G. MEREDITH Beauch. Career I. xiv. 210 The .. queasy brew .. which she calls by the innocent name of tea. t b. Of seasons : Unhealthy in which sickness ; is prevalent. Also of days of ill-health. Obs. 1510-20 Compl. them that ben tolate maiyed (Collier 1862) 16, I haue passed full many quasy dayes. 1603 KNOLLES Hist. Turks (1621) 732 Infection taken in the canipe in strange aire, and a most queasie time of the yeare. fo. Of land: Unfavourable to growth. Obs. rare. 1509 [see QUEACHY 2], 1649 BLITHE Eng. Iwprov. xiv. 80 ft was great Lands . . full of your soft Rushes . . and lay very wet.. it was so Weake and Barren, so cold and queasy. [Cf. ibid. xxiv. 149 The coldest and most quealiest Q misprint) parts of thy Lands.] 3. Of the stomach : Easily upset unable to ; digest strong food ; inclined to sickness or nausea. (In i 6-1 7th c. freq. fig. and in fig. context.) Hence of the body, heart, health, etc. 1545 RAVNOLD Byrth Mankynde fol. 142 She shall better digest and lyke her meate ; her stomacke nothyng so quesy ne feable. 1574 NEWTON Health Mag. 26 It is better for . . stronge Stomackes then for Quasie and weake grew worse, their queasy stomachs began to loathe it. a 1684 LEIGHTON Wks. (1830) I. 42 A full table, but a sickly body and queasy stomach. 1839 J. FUME ' Paper on Tobacco ' 70 Not digested without grumbling by certain Quebracho) and the red quebracho of Mexico (Schinopsis Lorentzif]. Also attrib. as quebracho bark, gum. b. = Quebracho-bark. Hence Qnebra'chamine, Qxiebra chine, alkaloids found in quebracho-bark. 1881 WATTS Diet, Cheat. 3rd Suppl. 916, 1731. 1891 W. MARTINDALE Extra Phannacop* (ed. 6) 325 White Ouebracho Bark . . imported from the Argentine Republic. laid., I \ Quebracho contains six alkaloids, . . Quebrachine, Quebrachamine [etc.]. 1897 Syd. Soc. Lex, s.v., Quebracho is a valuable remedy for dyspnoea. Quecchen, Quech(e f obs. forms of QUETCH. Quech(e, obs. forms of QUEAOH, WHICH. t Queck, sh. Obs. rare 1 . ? A knock, whack. 1554 Entcrl. Youth Aij, If I fal I catche a quecke, I may fortune to breke my necke. tQueckjZ'. 1 Obs, Also 4-5 quek. [Imitative: cf. Du. kwekken^ and see QUACK z/. 2 ] intr. To quack, as a duck. Hence Que'cking vbl. sb. ci5 Gloss. Wt de BMeytv.^m Kel. Ant. II. 79 [The gander] quekez, taroile. Quekine, taroil, 1491 in Archiv A(W. nett. Spr. LXXXIX. 285 He toke a gose fast by the nek, And tne goose thoo began to quek. 1573 TWYNE sEneidy,. Ddiv, Whom stars of heauen obeyen at beck., and chattring birds with long that queck. a 1693 MOTTRUX Rabelais in. xiii. 107 The . . pioling of Pelicanes, quecking of Ducks,., and wailing of Turtles. f Queck, v. 2 Obs. rare 1 . ?^ QUETCH z>. a 1550 Image HyJ>ocr. in. in Sheltoiis Wks. (1843) II. 436/2 Not for his life to cjuecke \rime necke] But stande vpp, like a bosse. [1755 m JOHNSON (and hence in some later diets.), with quot. from Bacon s$. in which however t the correct reading is queching^ Queck: see QUEK (E. t Qued, quede, a. and sb. Obs. Forms: ..on his cuhSe "quedschipe wurchen. ritso Bes Fox is hire to name for hire a queSsipe. 1225 Ancr. K. 422 Al Sodomes cweadschipe com of idelnesse & of ful wombe Quede, vnr. QUIDE sb. QueSen, var. QUETHE v., WHETHEN adv. QueKer, Quedir, -ur, obs. ff. WHETHER, WHITHER. Quee, Queece, Queech, varr. QUEY, QUEEST, QUETCH. Queed, var.QcED(s a. \ dial. var. Cun. Queel, var. QUEAL v. Queen (kwfn), 3 sb. Forms: i owcen, cwten, cwe'nn, 1-3 cweu, (i ou-), 2-3 owene, kwene ; 2-4 quen, (3 quu-, 4 qw-), 2-6 quene, (4-6 qw-, 5 V-)t 3 quiene, quyene, 4 qwhene, 4-5 whene, queyn, 4-6 queyne, 4-7 queene, 6 quein(e, 4queen. [OE. cwen str. fem.= OS. qu&n (once in Hel.), ON. kvsen (also kvaii), Goth, qbis woman : OTeut. *kwni-z f., an ablaut-var. of the stem represented by OE. cwene QUEAN. The gen. sing. quene (OE. cwine) is occas. found in ME.] 1. A (king's) wife or consort a ; lady who is wife to a king. Even in OE., cwen was app. not an ordinary term for ' wife ', but was applied only to the wife of a king or (in poetry) some famous person ; in later use the only distinction between this sense and 2 a is that here the relationship of the queen to her husband is formally expressed. c 893 K. ALFRED Oros. i. ii. 2 /Ufter his deaSe Sameramis his cwen [L. uxor] fengc . . to (Jaem rice, a 1000 Csedmons Gen. 2259 Da wearo unbliSe Abrahames cwen. c 1050 O. E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1048 {>a forlet se cyng ba hUefdian seo was xehal^od him to cwene. a 1123 Ibid. an. 1115 Willelme |>e he be his cwene hjefde. c 1205 LAY. 43 vElienor be wes Henries quene. 13.. Coer de L. 1123 Erlys and barouns come hym to, And his quene dede alsoo. 1591 SHAKS. i Hen. VI,\. iii. 117 lie vndertake to make thee Henries Queene. 1611 Wint. T. in. ii. 12 Hermione, ?ueene to the worthy Leontes, King of Sicilia. 1859 ENNYSON Elaine 1215 As Arthur's Queen I move and rule. 2. a. The wife or consort of a king. b. A woman who is the chief ruler of a state, having the same rank and position as a king. 1:825 Vesp. Psalter xliv. 10 ^Etstod cwoen [L. regina] to swiftran Sire, c 1000 ^LFRIC Horn. II. 584 Sum cwen waes on Sam dagum on suSdaele, Saba jehaten. c 1205 LAY. 2 4555.Pe king, .to his mete uerde. .ba quene [^1275 cweane] en oSer halue hire hereberwe isohte. t- 1290 A". Eng. Leg. I. 2/41 Bifore (?e quyene huy come. 1297 R. GLOUC. (Rolls) 608 f>e quene fader Corineus. 13., Gaw. en, Adam ben king and eue quuen Of alle Se Singe in
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