Quartern, sb. prison; cwarterne, dat., MD; quarterne, S, MD.—­AS. cweartern, prison, perhaps for AS. quatern, ‘quaternio’ (OET).  Cp.  Fr. caserne (Sp. caserna), barracks; Lat. quaterna (see Brachet); an etym. illustrated by the Fr. sea-term casernet, log-book, a deriv. of Lat. quaternum, see Diez, p. 755 (s. v. cahier).—­See Quair.

Quarteroun, sb. a quarter, P, HD; quartrun, PP.

Quat, QuaA deg., pt. s. quoth, S; see QueA deg.en.

Quatriuials, sb. pl. the quadrivials, the quadrivium, the four higher sciences:  astrology, geometry, arithmetic, music, S3 (14. 511).—­From Late Lat. quadrivium, the four mathematical sciences; in Lat. a place where four ways meet.

Quave-mire, sb. quagmire, HD; Quamier, DG.

Quauen, v. to shake, S2, PP, Prompt.; quave, HD, JD, DG.

Quauynge, sb. shaking, MD.

Quayle, v. to curdle, to coagulate, Palsg., Prompt., Manip.—­OF. coailler Lat. coagulare.

Quaynt, adj. prudent, wise, H; quaynte, quaint, curious, WA; see Coint.

Quayntis, sb. wisdom, prudence, H; see Cointise.

Quayre, sb. quire, book, CM see Quair.

Queade, sb. evil, iniquity, S2; see Quad.

Queale, sb. a blister, pimple, pupula, Manip.; see Whele.

Quecchen, v. to shake, MD; qvycchyn, Prompt.; quytche, Palsg.; quitch, Cotg. (s. v. oeil); cwehte, pt. s., MD; quehte, MD.—­AS. cweccan..

Qued, adj. bad, S2, PP; see Quad.

Quedschipe, sb. wickedness, MD;-queadschipe, S; cweadschipe, S.

Queere, sb. quire, choir, Prompt.; queer, W2; quere, W2; queir, S3.—­OF. choeur (Cotg.); Lat. chorum (acc.); Gr. [Greek:  choros].

Quek, adj. living, S2; see Quik.

Quelen, v. to die, MD; cwelen, MD,—­AS. cwelan, pt. cwA|l (pl. cwA|*lon), pp. cwolen.  Cp.  OHG. qauelan, ‘cruciari’ (Tatian).

Quellen, v. to kill, S, S2, C3, C; quelde, pt. s., S; cwelled, pp., S.—­AS. cwellan; cp.  OHG. quelen ‘cruciare’ (Tatian), quellen (Otfrid).

Quellere, sb. executioner, MD.—­AS. cwellere.

Queme, adj. pleasing, S, MD; qweme, convenient, WA; cweme, S; wheme, MD.—­AS. (ge)cwA(C)me, from c(w)A cubedm, pt. of cuman; cp.  OHG. (bi)queman, to come to, to suit, fit (Otfrid); see Kluge (s. v. bequem).  See Comen.