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quaigh

quaigh is the alternative spelling of quaich.

Meaning of quaich

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...
  2. (Scotland, broadly) Any two-handled drinking vessel or trophy.

Forms of quaigh

pluralquaighs

Questions about quaigh

What is quaigh the alternative spelling of?
Quaigh is the alternative spelling of quaich.

Words near quaigh in the dictionary

  1. quaich
  2. quaiches
  3. quaichs
  4. Quaid
  5. Quaids
  6. quaigh
  7. quaighs
  8. quail
  9. quail dove
  10. quail doves
  11. quail hawk

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quaigh (page history and authors); quaich (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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