QUAB a marshy spot; a bog ...1627 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
QUAB a crude or shapeless thing ...1628 QUAB to beat, to throb, to quiver ...1663 obs. exc. Eng. dial. QUACK TITLES to invent new titles for old books in order to make them sell ...1715 obs. QUACKLE to quack, as a duck ...1564 QUACKLE to choke ...1622 obs. exc. Eng. dial. QUADRAGENARIAN forty years old ...1897 QUADRAGENARIAN a person forty years of age ...1839 QUADRAGENARIOUS forty years old ...1656 QUADRAN (adj.) square ...1598 obs. QUADRAN a square ...1591 obs. QUADRATIC square ...1656 rare QUADRIGAMIST one married four times ... 1865 QUADRUPLIFY to multiply by four; to make four times as great ...1578 obs. rare QUAEDAM a woman; a female, in a disparaging sense ...a1670 obs. rare QUAERE a question, a query ...1589 QUAERE to query ...1627 obs. QUAERITATE to inquire or search into ...1657 obs. rare QUAFF-TIDE the season for drinking ...1582 obs. QUAGMIRIST one who makes a quagmire of himself; one who gets himself into a situation which is difficult to get out of ...1655 obs. QUAGSWAG to shake to and fro ...1653 obs. rare QUAIL-PIPE the throat or vocal organs ...1693 obs. QUAINTED familiar ...1586 obs. QUAINTRELLE a finely-dressed woman ...c1430 obs. rare QUAKE-BELLY a-fat-bellied person ...1622 obs. QUAKE-BREECH one wanting in courage; a coward ...c1590 obs. QUAKE-BUTTOCK one wanting in courage; a coward ...a1616 obs. QUAKEFUL causing fear or quaking ...1609 obs. QUAKE-MIRE a quagmire ...1577 obs. QUIFF a young woman, often with an implication of promiscuity ...1923 sl., orig. Eng. dial. QUIFF to possess carnally ...Bk1903 sl. RAGABRASH a beggarly, untidy state ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. RAGABRASH a low rascal, an idle vagabond; a collection of such persons ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. RAGABRASH nonsense ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. RAGEOUS outrageous; angry, furious, violent with pain or anger ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. RAGEOUSNESS anger, fury ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. RAGGED ROBIN a beggarly, discreditable person ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. RAGGETY ragged, untidy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. RAGGING a severe scolding; abuse ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. RAGGY cross, ill-tempered ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. RAGGY misty, stormy and cold, with drizzling rain ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. RAGGY frosty, rimy ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. RAGGY ragged ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. RAGNAILS the small pieces of skin which grow around the fingernails ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. RAG-ROWTER one who plays roughly, a romper ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. RAG-ROWTER to romp, to indulge in rough play ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. RAG-TAG reduced to rags by drink ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. RAG-TAILED ragged ...Bk1905 Eng. dial. RAININ' ALL OVER characterized by harder times ...1960s Amer. sl. RAIN-TREE an umbrella ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
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