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QUETCHING.
124 The seelie lamb that dares not stirre nor quetch, when
he heares the howling of the woolfe. 1587 FLEMING Canlit.
Holinshed\l\. 975/1 They durst not queech in his presence,
but were like a sort of timorous cattell. 1638 FEATLY Strict.
Lyndom. I. no A most learned worke, against which never
a Papist yet durst quatch. 1653 H. CoGANtr. Pinto'i Trav.
xix. 67 Which put them in such a fear as they durst not so
much as quetch.
Hence t Que'tching, qui'tohing vbl. sb. Obs.
1676 H. MORE Rent. Disc. Hale 94 The quitching of the
skin.
Quete, obs. form of WHEAT.
Quetenite (kwe-tenait). [Named l89 ((?"*
Unit) from Quetena, in Chili, its locality: see
-1TE 1 '
.] Hydrous sulphate of iron and magnesium,
found in reddish-brown masses' (Chester).
1890 Amer. Jrnl. Sc. Ser. in. XL. 259 Quetenite occurs
forked hold. 1864 BOUTELL Her. Hist. 4- Pop. xiv, (ed. 3)
164 The lion of Gueldres is also queue fourchee. 1868
CUSSANS Her, (18931 86 A Lion, with its tail between its
legs,
at the Salvador Mine in Quetena.
Queter, obs. form of QUITTER rf.l
st. tQuethe, Obs. rare. Also 6 Sc. queitb.
is said to be Ctnvarti; when furnished with two tails,
Queue fourckf) or Double queued.
2. A long plait of hair worn hanging down behind,
from the head or from a wig ; a pig-tail.
1748 SMOLLETT Rod. Rand, (1760) II. xlix. 116 A..coat
over which his own hair descended in a leathern queue. 1774
GOLDSM, Nat. Hist. II. v. 100 The largeness of the doctor's
wig arises from the same pride with the small ness of the
beau's queue. i8oa JAMES Milit. Diet., Queue, .an appendage
that every British soldier is directed to wear in lieu of
a club. 1843 LE FEVRE Life Trav. Phyt* I. i. viii. 183 Old
cocked-hats, and tied queues, still stalk about the town.
were all
[f. the vb.] Speech, address ; sound, cry.
13 .. Caw. 4- Gr. Knt. 1 1 50 At )>e fyrst quethe of J>e quest
quaked be wylde. 1513 DOUGLAS j&neis v. ii. 102 Quairfor
Enee begouth again renew His faderis hie saull queith.
tQuethe, v. Obs. (exc. in pa. t. QUOTH).
Forms : Inf. i cwe'San,(cw8e8an ) cwi1San,cuoet!a,
etc.), 2 cwepen, 2-3 queften, 5 queth(yn, (qv-,
qw-). Pres. t. (i sg.) i owrfie, (owedBu, cuefio,
etc.), 4 queJ>e,4-5 queth(e, 5 qwethe, 6 quey the.
fa. t. i cwsel!, etc., 1-2 owed, 1-3 oweU, 2 owet,
quafi, 3 cwapp, qu(u ad. quefi, 4 quape, quath,
(quejjed, 5 ? qwithit) : see also QUOTU. Pa. fple.
i cweden, 2 i-owe(8e(n, 2-3 i-queUen, 3 i-cwede,
i-queUe, queUen, 6 queythed. [OE. cweSan
(cwat, cwsedon, cwtt/en] OFris. quetha, queda,
quan, OS. qiieiian (qtialt, quath, quad; fiuid'un,
quaduti), OHG. quedan, chweden (quad, quat;
queden, keden], ON.
quAdun, qu&tun : MHO.
kveSa (kvaS, kvdtium, kveSinn : Da. kvsfde, Sw.
qvada to sing), Goth, qifan (qa]>, qfjmm, qi]>an) :
OTeut. *kwepan, kwaj> t kw$3um, kwe#ono-.~\
1. trans. To speak, say, tell, declare, call.
c8aj Vcsp. Psalter ii. 7 Dryhten cwjeS to me, '
sunu min
8u ear5'. Ibid. xli. 4 i)onne bi6 cweden to me..'hweris
god
1
Sin . 071 Blickl. Horn. 183 |>a cwseb Neron to Petre,
4
jehyrstu, Petrus, hwxt Simon cwib '
? c x 175 Lamb. Ham.
EDo summe of Msse |>inge be ic wutle nu cweben. c 1*50
r. ff Ex, 1496 Sel me oo wunes, 5e queSen ben 3e firme
sunes. a 1300 Cursor Jl/. 22973 Mani man. -Wat noght bis
word i for-wit quath. ("1330 R. BRUNNE(T//rtf. ll'ate (Rolls)
1224^ Series, )>ys were our most profit, Wib loue & leue he
quepe [v.r. quede] vs quyt. a 1400-50 Alexander 4325,
I sail quethe be forqui & quat is be cause.
b. intr. in
phr. Quick and : qnething Alive and
able to speak.
1539 MORE Dyahge i. Wks. 131/2 A man and a woman
whyche are yet quickeand quething. 1546 GARDINER Declar.
Joye 39 b, I meruayle where he had lerned that lesson being
yet qutcke and quethynge.
2. To promise, rare.
1150 Gen.
Of. couCj ciie t e0:L. caitda tail ; see CUE *.'*]
1. ///-. The tail of a beast.
Queue fourchf(e^ having a forked or double tail.
1591 WVRLEY Armorie 41 Gold ramping Lion queue doth
1888 W. R. CARLES Life in Corea iii. 40 These boys
bachelors, and wore their hair in a queue down their backs.
3. A number of persons ranged in a line, awaiting
their turn to proceed, as at a ticket-office; also,
a line of carriages, etc.
1837 CARLYLE Fr. Rev, I. vn. iv, That talent . . of spon-
. . the French
taneously standing in queue, distinguishes
People. i86a THACKERAY Philip II. viii. 177 A half-mile
queue of carriages was formed along the street. 1876 C. M.
DAVIES Unorth. Lond.(td. 2) 120 A long queue, like that
outside a Parisian theatre.
4. A support for the butt of a lance.
1855 in OGILVIE Suppl. 1860 HEWITT Ancient Armour
Suppl. 647 The butt of the lance, .is supported by the piece
called the queue : this was of iron, and made fast to the
body-armour by screws.
5. a. ' The tail-piece of a violin or other instrument'
b. ' The tail of a note 1
(Stainer & Barrett
Diet. Mus. Terms 1876).
Queue (kiw), v.
[f. prec. sb.]
1. trans. To put up (the hair) in a queue. Also
with personal obj.
1777 W. DALRYMPLE Trav. Sf, $ Port. Ixvi, They came
not out.. in the morning till their hair was queued. i8ao
W. IRVING Sketch Bk. II. 385 Their hair generally queued
in the fashion of the times. 1858 CARLYLE Fredk. Gt. (1872)
II. iv. viii. 19 While they are combing and queuing him.
1885 Century Mag. XXIX. 891/2 Some of them clubbed
and some of them queued their hair.
St. intr. To move in in a line of t people.
1803 Westm. Gaz. 31 Jan. 6/3 You queue in, hand your
card to somebody, pass on.
1
t Queu6 a. Her. Obs. rare , [a. OF. qucul*
cod: L. caudat-uni) f. cauda tail, QUEUE] next.
1613 PEACHAM Painting 170 The King of Bohemia beares
Gules, a Lion double Queue.
Queued (kiwd), a. Htr, Also 7 queved. [f.
QUEUE si'. + -ED 2 .] Furnished with a tail ; in comb.
double-queued.
1688 HOLME Armoury n. 459/2 A Lion double queved and
crowned. 1727-41 CHAMBERS Cycl. s. v. Queue, If a lion have
a forked tail, he is blazoned by double-queued. 1868 [see
QUEUED, i j.
t Queve, for queue, obs. var. CUE sb2
1659 H. L'EsTRANGE Alliance Div. Off. 317 They had no
other queve to direct them, then the loud pronunciation [etc. J.
|| Quevee, a. Her. [For queute = QUEO a.]
Tailed, in comb, double quevte (cf. QUEUED).
1761 Brit. Mag. II. 532 Supporters. Two lions double
quevee. 1840 H. AINSWORTH Tower of London \ A lion
rampant, or, double quevee, vert.
t Queven, v, Obs. rare- 1 . [? Related to ON.
kvefja (kefja) to put under water.] ? To plunge.
c 1315 Metr. Horn. 128 Quen Satenas sal Jowes queuen
{printed quenen j rime heuinj In ouer mirkenes.
Quever, Quew, obs. forms of QUIVER ., CUE.
Quey (kw* 1
). St. and north, dial. Forms: a.
4 P*wy, 5 qui, 5-6 qwye, 6 quy, 6-7 quye ; 5
quo, 5-9 quee ; 8- quey; 6 koy, 6-9 quoy,
9 coy. 0. north. 5-9 why(e, 6 qwhy, 7-8
whee, whie, 7-9 whey, 9 wy(e, etc. [a. ON.
kviga (Sw. qviga, Da. kvie), app. f. kii Cow.]
A young cow before it has had a calf; a heifer.
a. 1374 Durh. ffalm. Rolls (Surtees) 124, xij slots et
qwyis. c 1425 Voc. in Wr.-Wiilcker 669/10 Hec juuenca^
quee. 1485 Will in Ripon Ch. Acts (Surtees) 277 That
Elyne Peke have a quye. 1508 DUNBAR Flytingui Beggand
koy and ox. 1513 DOUGLAS JEneis iv. ii. 19 Ane vniamyt
jounj* quoy. 1673 Defios. Cast. York (Surtees) 196 A quye
. .which now pines away. 1725 RAMSAY Gentle Shefih. n. i,
Ye ..sauld your crummock, and her bassand quey. 1768
A. Ross Fort. Shepherdess HI, 112 The beef of the new
slaughter"d quoy. 1818 SCOTT Hrt. Midi, xxxix, If Gowans,
the brockit cow, has a quey. 1884 STREATFEILD Lincoln
fy Danes 263 The garthman. .will be proud to show . . you
the slots and quees.
ft. 1483 Cath. Angl. 416/1 A Why, buciifa t juutnca. 1565
Wills