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A Shakespeare Glossary

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    • Quail

    • to faint, be languid, be afraid
      to cause to quail

    • Quaint

    • curiously beautiful

    • Quake

    • to cause to quake or tremble

    • Qualify

    • to moderate

    • Quality

    • those of the same nature
      Rank or condition

    • Quarrel

    • a suit, cause

    • Quarry

    • game, a heap of game

    • Quart D'ecu

    • a quarter crown

    • Quarter

    • the post allotted to a soldier

    • Quat

    • a pimple; used in contempt of a person

    • Queasy

    • squeamish, unsettled

    • Quell

    • murder

    • Quench

    • to grow cool

    • Quern

    • a hand-mill

    • Quest

    • enquiry, search, inquest, jury

    • Questrist

    • one who goes in search of another

    • Quick

    • so far gone in pregnancy that the child is
      alive

    • Quicken

    • to come to life

    • Quiddit, Quiddity

    • a subtle question

    • Quillet

    • quidebet, a subtle case in law

    • Quintain

    • a post for tilting at

    • Quip

    • sharp jest, a taunt

    • Quire

    • to sing in concert

    • Quit

    • to requite, respond

    • Quit

    • past tense of the verb to quit, quitted

    • Quitance

    • requital

    • Quiver

    • active

    • Quote

    • to note