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Purpose, _sb._ RG. 558
Purse, _sb._ Alys. 1798. AS. puse
Pursue, _v. a._ 937 B.
Purvey, _v. a._ RG. 289; part. 'ypurveyed.' Alys. 6212
Purveyance, _sb._ RG. 533, 535
Puste, _vb._ == pushed? St Andrew, 70
Put, _v. a._ == throw (a stone). HD. 1023, 1044
---- _sb._ == a cast or throw. HD. 1055
---- _v. a._ place, lay before. Wright's L. P. p. 53. See Pulte. Dan.
putte
Putting, _sb._ == throwing. HD. 1042
Pykeys, _sb._ == pick-axe. Manuel d. Pecches, 940
Pyne, _sb._ == pain, _q. v._
---- _v. a._ == trouble. Alys. 5914
Pypyn, _sb._ == windpipe. Alys. 3256
Q.
Quaint, _adj._ RG. 408, 412, 566; [koweynte]. Body and Soul, 10. Fr. coint
Quaintance, _sb._ == acquaintance. Alys. 6173
Quaintise, _sb._ == device. RG. 19
Quaintly, _adv._ RG. 28
Quake, _v. n._ RG. 132, 336; pret. 'qwoke.' Ps. xiii. 5
Quaking, _sb._ == fear. RG. 336. Ps. ii. 11
Qual, == whale, _q. v._
Qualm, _sb._ == destruction. RG. 378. AS. cwealm
---- _v. a._ == annoy. Ps. x.x.xvi. 14
Quarrel, _sb._ == arrow. RG. 491, 537. Fr. quarel
Quarry, _adj._ == square. RG. 412. Fr. carre
Quarry, _sb._ == a place whence stone is excavated. RG. 412. Fr. carriere
Quart, _sb._ == a measure. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Quarter, _sb._ (of a man's body). Pol. S. 213
Quash, _v. a._ [cwesse]. O. and N. 1386. Fr. qua.s.ser. AS. cwysan
Queche, _v. n._ == make a disturbance. Alys. 4747. See the Prompt. Parv.
_s. v._ Qvycchyn. AS. cwecian
Qued, _adj._ == wicked. Alys. 5619. Dut. kwaad
---- _sb._ == the devil. RG. 314. Rel. S. v. 225
---- == evil. Alys. 4237. Body and Soul, 243
Quede, _sb._ == bequest. Alys. 8020
Quednes, _sb._ == wickedness. Ps. c. 7
Queen, _sb._ RG. 368
Quell, _v. a._ RG. 38, 499. AS. cwellan
Queller, _sb._ St Kath. 247
Quelling, _sb._ == destruction. RG. 296
Queme, _adj._ == agreeable. HD. 130. AS. cweman
---- _v. a._ == please. Wright's L. P. p. 25. O. and N. 209
---- _v. n._ [icweme] == be pleased, satisfied. K. Horn, 497
Queming, _sb._ == pleasure. Ps. cxlvi. 10
Quenching, _sb._ Fragm. Sci. 164.
Quern, _sb._ == a mill. Pilate, 5. AS. cweorn
Quert, _adj._ == joyful. Ps. vii. 11. Fr. cur, queor. Cf. our own 'hearty' and 'in good heart'
