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quack, "Nai, dunna say quack"    -      be silent, say nothing "I                                      don't want to hear a quack out of yo" 

quaver     -      flourish, with a stick or whip 

queece    -   a woodpigeon

queile      -    a small hay-cock, quail 

quiff    -     a verbal catch "Thy talk seinds reight enough; bu'                   there's a quiff in it" (from the Welsh chwif) 

quillet stones    -     boundary stones to mark the end of one                                  region and the start of another

quilt    -      to beat "Quilt 'is backside for this" 

quist   -      a specific word for the twisting of fibres like hay-                  ropes 

quizcuss     -      a meddlesome, inquisitive person

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