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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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