| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| quean | noun | A woman; a young or unmarried woman; a girl., A low woman; a wench; a slut. |
| quech | verb i. | Alt. of Queck |
| queck | verb i. | A word occurring in a corrupt passage of Bacon’s Essays, and probably meaning, to stir, to move. |
| queen | noun | The wife of a king., A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots., A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of her kind; as, a queen in society; — also used figuratively of cities, countries, etc., The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees, ants, and termites., The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen., A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades., A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in women’s clothing., To act the part of a queen., To make a queen (or other piece, at the player’s discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn. |
| queer | adjective | At variance with what is usual or normal; differing in some odd way from what is ordinary; odd; singular; strange; whimsical; as, a queer story or act., Mysterious; suspicious; questionable; as, a queer transaction., Counterfeit money. |
| quegh | noun | A drinking vessel. See Quaich. |
| quell | verb i. | To die., To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate., To take the life of; to kill., To overpower; to subdue; to put down., To quiet; to allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or cease; as, to quell grief; to quell the tumult of the soul., Murder. |
| queme | verb t. & i. | To please. |
| querl | verb t. | To twirl; to turn or wind round; to coil; as, to querl a cord, thread, or rope., A coil; a twirl; as, the qwerl of hair on the fore leg of a blooded horse. |
| quern | noun | A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of which was turned by hand; — used before the invention of windmills and watermills. |
| query | noun | A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved., A question in the mind; a doubt; as, I have a query about his sincerity., An interrogation point [?] as the sign of a question or a doubt., To ask questions; to make inquiry., To have a doubt; as, I query if he is right., To put questions about; to elicit by questioning; to inquire into; as, to query the items or the amount; to query the motive or the fact., To address questions to; to examine by questions., To doubt of; to regard with incredulity., To write ” query” (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quaere. |
| quest | noun | The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc., Request; desire; solicitation., Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively., Inquest; jury of inquest., To search for; to examine., To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg. |
| queue | noun | A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail., A line of persons waiting anywhere., To fasten, as hair, in a queue. |