Les quatre temps. Th' Imber dayes; foure weekes in the yeare appointed for publicke fasts. Diablerie à quatre personnages. Looke Diablerie. Quatre-mesnage. An ill, improuident, or vnskilfull husband; a wast-good, spill-good, or spill-thrift.
Quatridien: m. A terme of foure dayes.
Quatridien: m. enne: f. Of foure dayes.
Quatriesme: m. The fourth pot of, or pennie taken for, wine, &c, retailed; an Imposition first raised by Charles the fift, and continued by some of his successors; and leuiable onely on such wine, &c, as is bought to be retailed; whence; Cela est de son cru, il n'en doit point le quatriesme. Le Quatriesme. The fourth.
Quatroillé: m. ée: f. Diuersified, pide, or breended, streaked with one colour vpon another.
Quatruplon: m. A double double Duckate; a peece of gold worth about 26 s. 8 d. sterl. Quau. in stead of Corps: ¶Lorrainois: ¶Rab. Quay: m. A Key of a Hauen, or on a riuer side; the stone wall whereto ships, &c, be fastened; a high banke whereon the water beats and breakes; also, a piller of of stone; or a heape of stones.
Quayer. as Cayer. Quayre: f. A little worme that breeds betweene the barke, and wood, of trees: ¶Bourdelois. Que. (A Relatiue of all Genders, and Numbers) that, which, whom, who.
Que. (An Interrogatiue of the Singular Number) what, wherefore, how, but what, why, why not, why then?
Que. (Sometimes an Aduerbe, sometimes a Coniunction) that, then; in sort, so that; least that, vnlesse; because, to th' end that; but, sauing, except; also, partly, or in part; whence; Que bien que mal. Indifferently, so so, well or ill, one way or other. Que cecy; que cela; que si. As this; as that; as if. Non que. Not onely. Il fait que fol. He playes the foole. Il n'est que jeune chair. There is nothing to young flesh, there's no flesh like the young. Il ne se peut garder qu'il ne l'envoye. Hee must needs send him; he cannot forbeare, or auoid the sending of him.
Quecas. as Quocas: ¶Rab. Quel: m. elle: f. What, who. Quel qu'il soit. Whosoeuer, whatsoeuer, what ere, he be. Quelle qu'elle soit. Whatsoeuer; of what ranke or sort, of what greatnesse or humor, soeuer she be.
Quel. (Aduerbially) Ie m'en iray devant recognoistre, quel il fait à Paris. In what safetie, or state, one may liue at Paris; or whether it be good staying there, or no.
Quelconque. Whosoeuer, whatsoeuer.
Quellement. How, in what sort, in what manner.
Tellement quellement. See Tellement.
Quelque. Some, somewhat, any, whosoeuer, whatsoeuer.
Quelque fois. Sometimes, now and then, euer and anon; also, euer, or, at any time.
Quelque part. (Without addition) somewhere, somewhither; (with addition, or attended on by Que, it imports an vniuersalitie of place; as in) Quelque part que. Wheresoeuer, whithersoeuer; in or into what place soeuer.
Quemand. as Caimand. Quemilse: f. The principall ouerture of a melting furnace.
Quemin: m. A way: ¶Pic. Quemuletier: m. A Countercharmer, Wizard, or good Witch.
Quenaille. as Canaille. Quenaise. Droict de quenaise. The right of Escheatage; whereby an inheritance Roturier falls into the Lords hands when the tenant thereof leaues no heires of his bodie behind him: ¶Breton. Quenie: f. A certaine old-fashioned garment, at this day out of fashion; or, as Squenie. Quenouille: f. A distaffe; also, the Feminine line in a succession. Quenouilles d'un lict. The posts of a bed. Quenouille rustique. Wild Carthamus, wild bastard Saffron. Quenouille sauvage. The same. Contes de la quenouille. Tales of a tub, old wiues tales. Hoir de quenouille. An Inheritrix, heire female, daughter and heire. Tenir de la quenouille. To hold of, or doe homage to, the smocke; his wife to be his Maister. À la quenouille le fol s'agenouille: Prov. Fooles kneele to distaues, weake men vnto women.
Quenouillée de. A distaffe-full of.
Quenouillette: f. A little distaffe; also, a kind of small apple.
Quens: m. An old word, signifying a Count, or Earle.
Quercelle: f. A Kestrell, Kastrell, Fleingall.
Quercerelle: f. as Quercelle. Querele: f. as Querelle. Querelé: m. ée: f. Quarelled with; sued, or called in question, for; also, challenged, or whereto a title is pretended.
Quereleur. See Querelleur. Querelle: f. A quarell, pike, brawle, difference, debate, Suit, Action, Processe against. Querelle d'Alemen. An idle, sleight, or drunken contention; a friuolous, or vaine altercation. Arrests, ou statuts de querelle. Iudgements giuen, and entred in cases of possession impeached. Sergent de querelle. A certaine Officer which was vsed in Duelloes, or priuat quarells. Simples plaids, ou querelles. Looke Simple. Querellé: m. ée: f. See Querelé. Quereller. To quarell, wrangle, brawle, brabble, striue, contend with; also, to challenge, lay claime, pretend a right, or title, vnto; sue, or bring an Action, for.
Querelleur: m. A wrangler, quareller, brawler, brabbler; an open pretender of right vnto other mens goods; a litigious, or contentious person; a common Barreter.
Querelleux: m. euse: f. Quarelsome, brawling, brabbling, litigious, vnquiet, contentious.
Queri: m. ie: f. Sought, looked for, inquired after.
Querimonie: f. A complaint, wailing, moane-making; a dolefull expressing of aggrieuances.
Querir. To looke, search out; seeke, or inquire, after; to goe fetch, call, or send for.
Quiers tu meilleur pain que de froment? Wouldest thou haue better bread then's made of Wheat?
Meschante vie quiert le coing: Prov. A wicked life affects a corner, or, creepes into corners.
On ne doit point querir brebis qui se veut perdre: Pro. The sheepe which will be lost must not be lookt for.
