Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete variant of
quire .
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Examples
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Church, which is commonly called the quier is somwhat lesse, both then the middle part of the Church, and also then the bodie.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Church, which is commonly called the quier is somwhat lesse, both then the middle part of the Church, and also then the bodie.
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But the Church it selfe doth manifestlie exceed the body thereof in all quantity: also the inner part of the Church, which is commonly called the quier is somwhat lesse, both then the middle part of the Church, and also then the bodie.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Vpon those dayes when they enter into their temples, they place two long foormes therein: [Bookes.] and so sitting vpon the sayd foormes like singing men in a quier, namely the one halfe of them directly ouer against the other, they haue certaine books in their hands, which sometimes they lay downe by them vpon the foormes: and their heads are bare so long as they remaine in the temple.
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Vpon those dayes when they enter into their temples, they place two long foormes therein: [Bookes.] and so sitting vpon the sayd foormes like singing men in a quier, namely the one halfe of them directly ouer against the other, they haue certaine books in their hands, which sometimes they lay downe by them vpon the foormes: and their heads are bare so long as they remaine in the temple.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Merce vos quier, forgive me, but I have a duty to those who have entrusted this ship to me.
The Saracen: The Holy War Robert Shea 1963
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Till Cramprings quier, tip Coue his hire, [29] and quier-kens doe them catch; [30]
Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] John S. Farmer
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_Rom_ (or _rum_) and _quier_ (or _queer_) enter largely into combination, thus -- _rom_ = gallant, fine, clever, excellent, strong; _rom-bouse_ = wine or strong drink; _rum - bite_ = a clever trick or fraud; _rum-blowen_ = a handsome mistress; _rum-bung_ = a full purse; _rum-diver_ = a clever pickpocket; _rum-padder_ = a well-mounted highwayman, etc.: also
Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] John S. Farmer
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And then to the quier Ken, to scowre the Cramp-ring,
Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] John S. Farmer
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Por favor, qual quier informacion nos ayuda. gracias luis
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