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 106 THB DIALECT OF Q In some words this letter seems to have been silent Thus we find wi^k for quick (yeiTOommon) ; tmir^nfor quartern; weak for squeak; 9wurrd for equirrJ; and, more oddly, ttoiU for quilt, Quarrel, a stone quarry. There is a place near Almondbury called Warle Hill (a in ware), I am told this is Quarrely or Quarry, Hill. If 80 it illustrates wartem for quartern, and quer/ore for wherefore^ in the Almondbury Church inscription. In ' Mactatio Abel * (Toum&- ley Myeteries) Cain says : < Bery me in Gudeboure at the QuareUe hede.* Quarrel, or Quarry, a square or pane of glass. An old lady Mend of mine, feeling a draught, said to her granddaughter, * Isn't there a quarrel out of the window P ' The little girl looks out^ expecting to see two bo3rs fighting, and innocently says, 'No, grandma dear, I don't see any.' Kobert of Gloster, who liyed in the reigns of Henry in. and Edward L, in his description of Bobert Curthoee, son of William the Conqueror, says : ' Thyoke man he was ynou ; but he nas noght wel long. Quarry he was, and well ymade vorto be strong,' where the word quarry implies that he was square built. See Heame'a edition, p. 412. French carrS = square. Quart (pronounced quaert). Queer, i, e. quire, for choir. Quilting fsast. When a woman had patched a bed-quilt^ she invited her neighbours to help to quilt it, for which purpose it was stretched with its lining on a long nume, and sewn across. Sometimes they drew figures with saucers, oyster-shells, &c. In later times tea and cake were given; formerly a cold posset consisting of new milk, sugar, currants, and rum (or beer). When they could get it, the milk was taken warm from the cow, and milked fast into the ' piggin' to froth it Quite, very much used for quiet, ' He is a quite lad.' On the con- trary, I have known quiet put for quite. The same word is peculiarly used in the expression * quite better,' in general usage, and signifies perfectly recovered. Mrs. Scott of Woodsome stood one evening at the court door, and wanted the opinion of W. L about the weawer, saying, * What do you think of the moon to-night ? ' Possibly she had a cold ; at any i*ate W. I. thought she said * Sull,' and answered,
 * He's as quite as a lamb, madam ; he'll hurt nobody.'