. Universal dictionary of the english language : a new and original work presenting for convenient reference the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, use, origin and development of every word in the english language .... , ? quaf-tldo,«. Time for drinking. {6(anyhurst: yirgii; ^neidiv. Si.) • quaff, $. [Quaff, v.] A draught, Now. AKlurv bnfln* her : Lvvkittguiau/ur Lmdon, p. Ml, quaff-er, s. [Eng. quag; ^.\ One whoquiilfs or drinks largely. • quaf for, [Prob. tt^r quaver (),] Tohliake, to grnpe or feel about. Ixing hrwul bllU lo quiftr and hunt In waUn aiidm\\i\. -~ iMrKam
. Universal dictionary of the english language : a new and original work presenting for convenient reference the orthography, pronunciation, meaning, use, origin and development of every word in the english language .... , ? quaf-tldo,«. Time for drinking. {6(anyhurst: yirgii; ^neidiv. Si.) • quaff, $. [Quaff, v.] A draught, Now. AKlurv bnfln* her : Lvvkittguiau/ur Lmdon, p. Ml, quaff-er, s. [Eng. quag; ^.\ One whoquiilfs or drinks largely. • quaf for, [Prob. tt^r quaver (),] Tohliake, to grnpe or feel about. Ixing hrwul bllU lo quiftr and hunt In waUn aiidm\\i\. -~ iMrKam: iS^uc«-Thm>L,gg, bk. If., cb iL(NotcJ quHginlr [An nbbrev. of quagmire (^ a , a bog. ?|t ;ii,i betwf-n thewhtn buaheeor throuab [Hce extract, under def. 2.] striped Qu&er ga, s. Zoology: \, Kquus {Asinus, Gray) quagga, fcffll. bo^; po-at. J6%1; cat. 9CU. ohorns. yhln. bongh; go. gem; UUn, ^ile: .la. a,; oxpoot. Xonophon. oxtat. «l» = 8h,n. - .hun;^lon = liiin. -olou^ = .HO., -bio, hUo. 4o. = b<,l. d»L 3840 quaggy—qualtery equine form, from Sniith Africa, now nearly,if not entirelv, extinct. Buckley (Proc. , 1876, QUAOOA. about four feet; striped only on head, neck,and shoulders ; prevailing colour brown, ab-domen, legs, and part of tail Equus hurchellii. [Zebra.] • Tbis [Eqttiu burchenii]ia the Quaaffa par excellenceof South Atriean Bportaiuen. . Tneir ii^te is a sortof bark, like the Dutch iii^i^^uiciation ol the nui\lQwigga. whence, nio6t probably, came the uame.—Ptoc. Zool. Soc., 18T6, p. 282. quS,g-gy, a. [Eng. qimg; -y.] Boggy; softor yielding like a quagmire. Which lives for all, who floander boldly onThrough qtiaggn h-ius,Blackie: Layt qf BtghlantU * Islandt, p. 191. QQ^g-mire, s. [For qiuike-mire, from quakeand mire.] [Quave, Quavemire.] 1. A shaking bog or marsh; wet, boggjland that shakes and yields under the foot. Only a narrow track of flrm ground rose
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