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They are here called "Quaich-quaich," from their strange loud voice, which seems to repeat these words in various and not unmelodious intonations Every day boys were to be seen walking along the roads and by the hedges and ditches, catching dragonflies with birdlime.— The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1
Ne'er count the lawin 'wi' a toom quaich.— The Proverbs of Scotland
I let him run on in this key till we came to the change-house of a widow -- one Fraser -- and as she curtsied at the door, and asked if the braw gentlemen would favour her poor parlour, we went in and tossed a quaich or two of aqua, to which end she set before us a little brown bottle and two most cunningly contrived and carven cups made of the— John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
Gentle and simple, all fared alike -- a whang of barley bannock, a stirabout of oat-and-water, without salt, a quaich of spirits from some kegs the troopers carried, that ran done before the half of the corps had been served.— John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
For the second time in so many days we tasted food, a handful of meal to the quaich of water -- no more and no less; and James Grahame, Marquis of— John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
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