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PRONUNCIATION OF QUAIGH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUAIGH

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Quaigh is a noun.
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WHAT DOES QUAIGH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

quaigh

Quaich

A quaich /ˈkweɪx/, archaically quaigh or quoich, is a special kind of shallow two-handled drinking cup or bowl in Scotland. It derives from the Scottish Gaelic cuach meaning a cup. According to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, the quaich was inspired by the low silver bowls with two flat handles frequently used as bleeding vessels in England and the Netherlands in the 17th century. Another popular theory suggests that the shape is derived from scallop shells. However, this seems to have had its origins in the now discredited "Poems of Ossian". In his 1955 monograph "Some Scottish Quaichs", Richard L. McCleneahan, an American collector, suggests alternatively that quaichs evolved directly from medieval Mazers. This seems unlikely as the form and material are quite different. There were small stave built drinking vessels common in the medieval period found around the Baltic and since some of the earliest quaichs are stave built this could be the source. sycamore and silver quaich Traditionally quaichs are made of wood, an artform known as "treen". Some early quaichs are stave-built like barrels and some have alternating light and dark staves.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QUAIGH


quaich
kwex

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUAIGH

quaffable
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quaggiest
quagginess
quaggy
quagmire
quagmiry
quahaug
quahog
Quai d´Orsay
quaich
quail
quaint
quaintly
quaintness
quair
quake

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUAIGH

Burleigh
Corcaigh
Eastleigh
fly high
high
knee-high
laigh
Leigh
neigh
nigh
on high
outweigh
Raleigh
Rayleigh
scraigh
sigh
sky-high
sleigh
thigh
weigh

Synonyms and antonyms of quaigh in the English dictionary of synonyms

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quaigh
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quaigh
380 millions of speakers
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Quaigh
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Quaigh
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30 millions of speakers
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Trends of use of quaigh

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUAIGH»

The term «quaigh» is barely ever used and occupies the 205.690 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «QUAIGH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about quaigh

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUAIGH»

Discover the use of quaigh in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quaigh and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Abbotsford: Painted by William Smith, Jr
Beardie's ' quaigh. Wallace-oak quaigh. Presented by Joseph Train. Quaigh made from Queen Mary's yew at Craig- millar. Quaigh made from Duke of Wellington's tree at Waterloo. ' Such a multifarious collection of ancient quaighs ( little cups ...
William Shillinglaw Crockett, 1905
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Abbotsford: the personal relics and antiquarian treasures of ...
the personal relics and antiquarian treasures of Sir Walter Scott Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott (Hon.), Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott. STDNR CARVINGS FROM ( iARI'KN SCRCRN PLATE XVII PRINCE CHARLIE'S QUAIGH RINCE CHARLIE'S  ...
Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott (Hon.), Mary Monica Maxwell-Scott, 1893
3
Dispatches from Hell
12:21 P. M. was first produced at the Quaigh Theatre and then subsequendy in the tenth Annual Off- Off- Broadway Original Short Play Festival, sponsored by Double Image Thaetre, New York City, in May, 1985. 12:21 P.M. by F.J. HARTLAND ...
Melvin I. Cooperman, 1985
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Scottish pewter-ware and pewterers
The quaigh itself was rarely if ever ornamented in any way, except with the owner's name or initials, .or in some cases with the words of a toast. Many of these double-handled porringers have, in late years, since the craze for pewter— ware has ...
L. Ingleby Wood
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Tallis's History and Description of the Crystal Palace: And ...
The spirit, however, thus provided for, you imbibe by means of the quaigh, or wooden drinking-cup, a handy little vessel, neatly scooped out of a block of hard wood, and sometimes carved with taste and ingenuity round the rim. The quaigh is ...
John Tallis, Jacob George Strutt, 1852
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ABBOTSFORD
Beardie's ' quaigh. Wallace-oak quaigh. Presented by Joseph Train. Quaigh made from Queen Mary's yew at Craig- millar. Quaigh made from Duke of Wellington's tree at Waterloo. ' Such a multifarious collection of ancient quaighs ( little cups ...
WILLIAM SMITH, JR., W.S. CROCKETT, 1905
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History and Description of the Crystal Palace: And the ...
The spirit, however, thus provided for, you imbibe by means of the quaigh, or wooden drinking-cup, a handy little vessel, neatly scooped out of a block of hard wood, and sometimes carved with taste and ingenuity round the rim. The quaigh is ...
John Tallis, J. G. Strutt, 2011
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
... that quaigh of cold water, slightly laced, and prettily tinted with the straw- coloured mountain-dew ? No wonder ; for the water bubbles up through a rift in the rock, and is screened besides from the sunshine by the hanging rowan- tree, which ...
‎1881
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
[kwéxJ 1. sb. A small and shallow cup or drinking vessel, with two cars for handles; gm. of wood but sometimes of silver; also in comp. Quegh-caup. Sc.(JA1 \t.); Made out of staves hooped together. The quaigh was used chiefly for drinking wine ...
Joseph Wright
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The Monthly Repertory of English Literature, ... Or an ...
As soon as he had ended his uumelodiouschaunt, hesi.its contents into the fire. lently raised the quaigh ofliquor to his h s, and laying his head back, the liquid) descended into the crevice as water drops into the chink of a rock. In a moment he ...
‎1822

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUAIGH»

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Brian Dennehy: 'My director says I have more rage than anyone he's …
In a very small theater that surely went out of business a month after we did our show, the Quaigh theater, we did the sea plays. They're primitive, but at the same ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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Curious Theatre Company Presents GOOD PEOPLE, Now thru 4/19
He appeared in the national tour of Biloxi Blues and various productions in New York at the old Quaigh Theatre and Westbeth Theatre Center, as well as in Los ... «Broadway World, Mar 14»
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Theater for the New City to Present THE VATICAN KNOWS..., 10/3-20
... play, "The Cage," at Manhattan Theater Club, followed closely after by "Her Voice," which was part of an evening of one-acts by Fratti at The Quaigh Theater. «Broadway World, Sep 13»
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Walter Scott's anachronisms
The relics with which the house is crammed (Rob Roy's gun and sword, Prince Charlie's quaigh, the door of “The Heart of Midlothian”) transform the object-world ... «OUPblog, Aug 13»
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VPR's Nancy Cohen reports about a quarter have re-opened. Others …
Besides Quaigh, ten out of the 40 businesses that were closed have reopened. Including the Anchor Seafood House and Grille where Adam Lemire is lunching ... «Vermont Public Radio, Oct 11»
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The Impulsive Traveler: A Vermont town straight out of Currier & Ives
I detect a buoyancy in the air as I make my customary trek from the gallery to Manyu's, a fashionable women's boutique with a city edge, and Quaigh Design ... «Washington Post, Feb 11»

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