Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as queest.

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  • noun the woodpigeon, Columba palumbus.

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Examples

  • Team McCain dismisses Norquist as being obsessed with the senator and worried that McCain's probe of the lobbying business could imperil Nor-quist's influence network, the so-called K Street Project, which he built with the likes of former House majority leader Tom DeLay and indicted superlobbyist Jack Abramoff.

    McCain's Right Flank 2007

  • Who kissed you at midnight? who didn't kiss me at midnight ... or should i say who didn't i kiss at midnight. i kissed ... chris allman, jefferson quist, jordan haynie, scott larson, drew danburry, max seawright, james somethingorother, and eric robertson. i remember chasing chad around, trying to kiss him. ha, ironic!

    myspace and diaryland meet kindbegger 2005

  • While Mortar was thus learnedly discoursing, Sel-quist herded his team over to a staircase, which was cut out of the rock wall and zig-zagged down the side of the cliff.

    The Doom Brigade Weis, Margaret 1996

  • Auger protested, despite Sel-quist's attempt to warn his friend off with an alarmed look and a jerk of the head.

    The Doom Brigade Weis, Margaret 1996

  • Not even Sel-quist's mother would stand up for her son once she heard he was in league with the draconians.

    The Doom Brigade Weis, Margaret 1996

  • Auger protested, despite Sel-quist's attempt to warn his friend off with an alarmed look and a jerk of the head.

    The Doom Brigade Weis, Margaret 1996

  • While Mortar was thus learnedly discoursing, Sel-quist herded his team over to a staircase, which was cut out of the rock wall and zig-zagged down the side of the cliff.

    The Doom Brigade Weis, Margaret 1996

  • Not even Sel-quist's mother would stand up for her son once she heard he was in league with the draconians.

    The Doom Brigade Weis, Margaret 1996

  • "Where's the ale you promised?" he grumbled to Sel-quist.

    The Doom Brigade Weis, Margaret 1996

  • "Where's the ale you promised?" he grumbled to Sel-quist.

    The Doom Brigade Weis, Margaret 1996

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