Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An obsolete form of quire.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete A quire; a book.
Examples
“Fifth, Sir James a Stuart, ancestor of the Earls of Athol, Buchan, Tra - quair, &c He was killed at the battle of Halidon Hill 1333.”
Internet Archive: Peerage of England, genealogical, biographical, and historical
“in times she be; but there's something about her I don't quite fancy; the plain fact is, she's rather _quair_, and I shall go up to the village.”
International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850
“Th other youngens’ull git to thinken she’s quair, an you’ll have another Reuben.”
“Well, ye-yes, but you've got to know how to tackle the guv'nor; he's a quair sort.”
“quair, Ue He was killed at the battle of Halidon Hill 1533.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘quair’.
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Q words
Ever get stuck with the random bunch of letters and a q and not know any words? Well, maybe this will help.
quire, quais, quai, queer, quoit, quitrent, quipster, question, quest, questing, quests, quit and 208 more...
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Quantum...Qualtum
words of the Qn & Ql ...words of the near, pfearless future
quaich, quadrivial, quagga, quair, quaestor, quaigh, quaked, qualmn, qualming, quantong, quantal, qualtal and 19 more...
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Under The Kilt
Anything related to Scottish culture, cuisine, language, history and so on. Does not include Gaelic words unless acceptable (roughly speaking!) in a wider sense.
brae, machair, loch, burn, inverness, shieling, camanachd, shinty, diddy, bhoy, ghillie, brownie and 393 more...
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bilby Also seems to be an archaic or dialectal form of queer. Feb 28, 2013
bilby Scots - book. Dec 28, 2007