- Queint
- Queint \Queint\, a. See {Quaint}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
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Queint
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Queint — Queint, obs. imp. & p. p. of {Quench}. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
queint — queint1 /kwānt/ (Spenser) adjective same as ↑quaint queint2 /kwānt/ (obsolete) pap of ↑quench * * * queint obs. f. quaint a.; obs. pa. pple. of quench; var. quent v … Useful english dictionary
wheint — queint, fine; a wheint lad, a fine lad; used ironically. Chesh. Var. Dial. Also cunning, subtle … A glossary of provincial and local words used in England
Quaint — Quaint, a. [OE. queint, queynte, coint, prudent, wise, cunning, pretty, odd, OF. cointe cultivated, amiable, agreeable, neat, fr. L. cognitus known, p. p. of cognoscere to know; con + noscere (for gnoscere) to know. See {Know}, and cf. {Acquaint} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Queintise — Queint ise, n. See {Quaintise}. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
quaint — 1. adjective /kweɪnt/ a) Strange or odd; unusual. But you, my Lord, were glad to be imployd, / To shew how queint an Orator you are. b) Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old fashioned charm … Wiktionary
Blut — 1. Angeboren Blut queint, wenn s gleich nur ein Tröpflein wäre. – Henisch, 437; Petri, II. D.h. Blutsfreunde treten ans Herz. 2. Blut arm, gut Edl; gut arm Blut Edl. – Sutor, 240. Lat.: Nobilis est ille, quem nobilitant bene villae. 3. Blut… … Deutsches Sprichwörter-Lexikon
