quey
Americannoun
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queys
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of quey
1325–75; Middle English quy < Old Norse kvīga
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She’ll be like a daft quey the noo.
From Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai by George Manville Fenn
Ye hae the mair chance o' finding the flown birdies, that ye maybes think mair o' the bonny norland quey than ye think o' the bit Gallowa' calf.
From The Black Douglas by Frank Richards
“My faith,” muttered she to herself, as she approached to request entrance, “the warden was right in no makin’ choice o’ the figure o’ a quey to defend his castle.”
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative by John Mackay Wilson
Gie the quey calves plenty o' milk, as much as they'll lash into themselves.
From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by John Sillars
Ye might try it on the bauson-faced year-auld quey; an it does nae gude, it can do nae ill.—
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 by Sir Walter Scott
"Man, if I had twenty more years I would grow hoofs on your horse and udders on your in-coming queys."
From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by John Sillars
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