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quaich

/kweɪx/

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Scotland/kwex/

quaich noun: a traditional shallow, two-handled cup of Scottish origin symbolizing friendship, originally used to toast the arrival or departure of a visitor.

quaich: a traditional shallow, two-handled cup of Scottish origin symbolizing friendship, originally used...
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Noun

quaich (plural quaichs or quaiches)

  1. (Scotland, historical) A traditional shallow, two-handled cup of Scottish origin symbolizing friendship, originally used to toast the arrival or departure of a visitor.
    • The quaighs were deep, the liquor strong, / And on the tale the yeoman throng, / Had made a comment sage and long, [...]1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Canto Third. The Hostel, or Inn.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London...
    • Every evening through all the summer Lampusa put out for them before her rock-hewn kitchen a silver quaich of milk; then she summoned the creatures with a low call.1947 [1939], Ernst Jünger, translated by Stuart Hood, On the Marble Cliffs, New Directions, translation of Auf den Marmorklippen (in German), →LCCN, →OCLC, page 13
  2. (Scotland, broadly) Any two-handled drinking vessel or trophy.

quaich meaning in Tamil and Marathi

quaich in Tamil

இருபிடிக் குவளை

quaich in Marathi

traditional shallow, two-handled cup of Scottish origin
क्वेख kvekh

Forms of quaich

pluralquaichs
pluralquaiches
alternative formquaigh
alternative formquegh

Origin of quaich

From Scots quaich, from Scottish Gaelic cuach (“bowl, goblet”), from Old Irish cuäch (“goblet”), from Proto-Celtic *kaɸukos (“cup, bowl, vessel”).

Questions about quaich

What does quaich mean?
Quaich means a traditional shallow, two-handled cup of Scottish origin symbolizing friendship, originally used to toast the arrival or departure of a visitor.
What is quaich in Tamil?
Quaich in Tamil is இருபிடிக் குவளை. See Quaich meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is quaich?
Quaich is a noun.
How do you pronounce quaich?
Quaich is pronounced /kweɪx/.
What is the plural of quaich?
The plural of quaich is quaichs.

Words near quaich in the dictionary

  1. quahoggers
  2. quahogging
  3. quahogs
  4. Quai d'Orsay
  5. quaiacol
  6. quaich
  7. quaiches
  8. quaichs
  9. Quaid
  10. Quaids
  11. quaigh

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quaich (page history and authors); quaich (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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