| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| quoif | noun & verb t. | See Coif. |
| quoil | noun | See Coil. |
| quoin | noun | Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked., A wedgelike piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for various purposes, to support and steady a stone., To support the breech of a cannon., To wedge or lock up a form within a chase., To prevent casks from rolling. |
| quoit | noun | A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched at a fixed object in play; hence, any heavy flat missile used for the same purpose, as a stone, piece of iron, etc., A game played with quoits., The discus of the ancients. See Discus., A cromlech., To throw quoits; to play at quoits., To throw; to pitch. |
| quoke | imp. of Quake. | |
| quoll | noun | A marsupial of Australia (Dasyurus macrurus), about the size of a cat. |
| quook | imp. of Quake. | |
| quota | noun | A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division. |
| quote | verb t. | To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer., To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare., To name the current price of., To notice; to observe; to examine., To set down, as in writing., A note upon an author. |
| quoth | verb t. | Said; spoke; uttered; — used only in the first and third persons in the past tenses, and always followed by its nominative, the word or words said being the object; as, quoth I. quoth he. |