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Quaich, quaigh. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1910, rev. 2025. Quaich, quaigh Sc. Forms: α. 7–8 quech, 7, 9 queich, 8– quegh, 9 quaigh, quaich, (quoich). β. 8 quaff, queff, coif. [a. Gael. cuach cup, OIr. cúach, prob. ad. L. caucus (Gr. καῦκα), whence also W. cawg. The β-forms are peculiar, as there is no general tendency in Sc. to substitute f for ch.] A kind of shallow drinking-cup formerly common in Scotland, usually made of small wooden staves hooped together and having two ears or handles, but sometimes fitted with a silver rim, or even made entirely of that metal.

1   α.  1673.  Acc. Bk. Sir J. Foulis (1894), 14. A quech weighting 18 unce and 10 drop.

2 1697.  Inv., in Scott. N. & Q. (1900), Dec., 90/2. Thrie round queichs without lugs.

3 1715.  Pennecuik, Descr. Tweeddale, etc. II. 71. A great Quech, which they were made to Drink out of.

4 1808.  Scott, Marm., III. xxvi. The quaighs were deep, the liquor strong.

5 1849.  Mrs. Carlyle, Lett., II. 61. Passing a cooper’s shop … I stept in and bought two little quaighs.

6 1884.  Q. Victoria, More Leaves, 142. A silver quaich out of which Prince Charles Edward had drunk.

7   attrib.  1703.  Inv., in Scott. N. & Q. (1900), Dec., 90/2. A big quech cup with three lugs.

8   β.  1711.  Ramsay, On Maggy Johnstoun, ix. Sae brawly did a pease-scon toast Biz i’ the queff.

9 c. 1730.  Burt, Lett. N. Scotl. (1818), I. 157. It is often drank before it is cold out of a cap, or coif, as they call it; this is a woodden dish [etc.].

10 1771.  Smollett, Humph. Cl., 3 Sept. The spirits were drunk out of a silver quaff.

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