Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A young cow or heifer; a cow that has not yet had a calf.
Wiktionary
- n. Scotland and Northern England A heifer
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Scot. A heifer.
Examples
“Ye might try it on the bauson-faced year-auld quey; an it does nae gude, it can do nae ill. —”
“I said I had a name for the thing; but they were no friends of mine who gave me the credit, and I never stole stot or quey in all my life.”
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
“Some other defaulters were dealt with before the Mac-Nicolls, a few throughither women and lads from the back-lanes of the burghs, on the old tale, a shoreside man for houghing a quey, and a girl Mac Vicar, who had been for a season on a visit to some Catholic relatives in the”
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
“The Deil, or else an outler quey, [unhoused heifer]”
“Airshire breed -- and I have promised him a cheese; and I wad wuss ye, if Gowans, the brockit cow, has a quey, that she suld suck her fill of milk, as I am given to understand he has none of that breed, and is not scornfu 'but will take a thing frae a puir body, that it may lighten their heart of the loading of debt that they awe him.”
“Ye might try it on the bauson-faced year-auld quey; an it does nae gude, it can do nae ill.”
“I dare not say one word how much I was charmed with the Major's friendly welcome, elegant manner, and acute remark, lest I should be thought to overbalance my orientalisms of applause over-against the finest quey [191] in Ayrshire, which he made me a present of to help and adorn my farm-stock.”
“The next day I caught a bus across to Sydney and then walked back across the bridge to circular quey where I watched one of the only laddie street performers who was a contortionist.”
“Devonshire kye, of which he is enamoured, although I do still haud by the real hawlit Airshire breed -- and I have promised him a cheese; and I wad wuss ye, if Gowans, the brockit cow, has a quey, that she suld suck her fill of milk, as I am given to understand he has none of that breed, and is not scornfu 'but will take a thing frae a puir body, that it may lighten their heart of the loading of debt that they awe him.”
“i 'the verra manner, makin' awa aff wi 'a quey o' your ain frae oor”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘quey’.
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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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Unusual words for Words With Friends
A list of words that WWF recognizes as valid - most are unusual words; some are simply high-scoring.
botel, slipe, jeu, chub, chubs, cote, mure, tittle, dev, loo, hoke, helo and 357 more...
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Are we there yet?
These have some growing up to do.
colt, foal, kitten, cub, pup, heifer, larva, imago, veliger, trochophore, grub, maggot and 178 more...
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Q-Tips
mmm... tasty
qat, maqui, quays, quite, qua, pique, quean, quits, aqua, qaids, queen, quods and 76 more...
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