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queke
† queke, int. Obs. rare—1. [Cf. Du. kweken to quack.] An imitation of the note of a goose.c 1381 Chaucer Parl. Foules (Harl. MS.) 594 Ȝa queke yit saide the goos ful wele & faire. Oxford English Dictionary
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quek
▪ I. † quek, queke Obs. rare. [Of obscure origin.] A chequer or chess-board; some game played on this. Also queke-board.[1376 in Riley Lond. Mem. (1868) 395 A pair of tables on the outside of which was painted a chequer-board that is called a ‘quek’. The complainants played with the defendant Nichol... Oxford English Dictionary
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queck
▪ I. † queck, n. Obs. rare—1. ? A knock, whack.1554 Enterl. Youth A ij, If I fal I catche a quecke, I may fortune to breke my necke.▪ II. † queck v.1 Obs. Also 4–5 quek. [Imitative: cf. Du. kwekken, and see quack v.2] intr. To quack, as a duck. Hence ˈquecking vbl. n.c 1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in ... Oxford English Dictionary
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penny-prick
† ˈpenny-prick Obs. An old game of which the nature is uncertain. It appears to have consisted in aiming at a penny, perhaps placed originally as the prick or mark for shooting at; see also quots. c 1770, 1829.1421 Maldon, Essex, Court-Rolls (Bundle 12, No. 8) Cum hominibus utentibus ludos illegitim... Oxford English Dictionary
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quick
▪ I. quick, a., n.1, and adv. (kwɪk) Forms: α. 1 cwic(u), c(w)ucu, cuc-, cwyc, 1–2 cwuc, (2 cwuce), 1–3 cwic, 3 cwicc, cwi(c)k-, 4 kuic, kuik; 3–4 quic, 3–5 quick-, 4 quyc, 5 quyck, 5–6 quycke, (5 qw-), 5–7 quicke, (5 qw-), 5– quick; 3–6 quik, quyk, (5–6 qw-), 4 quiyk-, 4–5 quikke, quyk(k)e, (5 qw-)... Oxford English Dictionary
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motion
▪ I. motion, n. (ˈməʊʃən) Forms: 4–6 mocioun, 5 mocyoun, moscyoun, 5–6 mocyon, 5–7 mocion, 6 mocyone, motione, motioun, motyon, 5– motion. [a. F. motion (13th c.), ad. L. mōtiōn-em, n. of action f. movēre to move. The Eng. uses correspond not only to those of L. mōtio, but also, and perhaps more com... Oxford English Dictionary
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