quey
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of quey
1325–75; Middle English quy < Old Norse kvīga
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Gie the quey calves plenty o' milk, as much as they'll lash into themselves.
From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John
"The man's as mad as a March hare, or a gled-stung quey," cried Matty.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various
“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 Wilson, John Mackay
She’ll be like a daft quey the noo.
From Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai by Fenn, George Manville
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 Scott, Walter, Sir
"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 Sillars, John
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