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coin, hwen, hwini, kine, kwen, kwin, kwine, kwingi, kwini, kwinie, qhiney, quaen, quean, queanie, queanockie, queen, quene, queyn, queyne, quine, quiney, quinie, quinikie, quyne, whaen,
quean [kwin, kwen, MN. kwəin, I.Sh. ʍin, ʍen]
n. A girl, a young woman. I.Sh. A ram incapable of procreation, a hermaphrodite sheep.
dim. queanie, queanockie
hwiff, kweef, kwiff, queef, quiff,
queef [kwif]
n. A quiff. A trick, a dodge.
queak, queek, queik,
queek [kwik]
n. A squeak, cheep.
v. To squeak, cheep.
queem, queme, quim,
queem [ˈkwim]
adj. Close-fitting or well-fitting, snug.
adv. Exactly, neatly, snugly. Smoothly, pleasantly, without snags or hitches.
v. To fit snugly, fall into place, coincide with. To make something fit, fall into place.
chween, quaen, queen, quine, wheen,
queen [kwin]
n. A female monarch. The scallop Aequipecten opercularis.
Queeni_burn, Queeniburn, Queenieburn,
Queenieburn [ˈkwinibʌrn]
pn. Queenzieburn (North Lanarkshire).
Queensferry, Sooth_Queensferry, The_Ferry,
Queensferry [ˈkwinzfɛrɪ]
pn. Queensferry (Edinburgh).
 
Locally The Ferry.
queeple, queiple,
queeple [kwipl]
n. The peeping cry of young ducks.
v. To peep, quack in a squeaking, high-pitched tone, as ducklings do.
kweer, quaer, quair, quare, quarelike, quare-like, quarely, queer, queerie, queerlike, queer-like, queery, queir, queirie, queirlike, queir-like, quer, quere, querr, quier, quierliek, quier-liek, qware, qweer, qwer, qwur, wheer,
queer [kwiːr, U. kweːr]
adj. Odd, peculiar, strange, unwell, queasy. Very great.
adv. In an odd manner, in a peculiar way. Very.
 
queerie [ˈkwiːri]
adj. Rather strange, oddish.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
queerlike: Strange-looking.
kwern, quearn, queern, queirn, quern,
queern [kwiːrn, MN. ˈkjuːrən]
n. A hand milling stone. The turbot Scophthalmus maximus.

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