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246 Quarey. ^^ When a lode or stratum breaks in large hard rocks, being jointed as it were, it is called a qtidrey lode or stratum, from its joints or qudresJ^ Pryce. Queedy. Shrewd. M.A.C. Perhaps from the Celtic Cornish quethS, to work or labour at. Queens, or Gweans. Scallops. (Perriwinkles. Bottrell.) Queer. A mining term. "A queer of ground. A square piece of ground. (I) St. Just. See Quarey. QuiddleS. Foolish fancies. Quiddlin. Same as Quaddlin. Q.v. QuignogS. Eediculous fancies, or conceits. Quilkiii; Quilkey, or Quilkquin. A frog. See Wilkin. In Celtic Cornish it is kwilken, guilkin, or cuilcen, Quillaway^ or Quailaway. A stye, or small abscess on the eyelid. Hordeolum, Quillet. Three leaved grass, clover. Bottrell. Quilter. Flutter, flurry, agitation of mind. ^^She was all in a quilter. Quilting. A severe thrashing. Quinted. Animals over filled with food are quinted. Quishin. A cushion. This word is in Chaucer. Quoit. A broad thin stone or rock. It is a Celtic Cornish word. The Cromlech at Lanyon is called the

  • ' Giant's quoit." The large table stone resembling a

discus or quoit.