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quey

/ˈkwaɪ/

quey noun: a heifer.

Noun

quey (plural queys)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) A heifer.
    • So I sent away the two queys, one of them is pranded and the other plack.^([eye dialect, meaning: branded... black])1875, William Robertson, Sketches of Highland Character: Sheep-farmers and Drovers, Edmonston and Douglas, page 13
    • The blue ribbon in the section for two-year-old queys in calf was carried away by a sweet little animal owned by Mr. Frame, Blantyre Park, which had never been shown at any other exhibition.1878, The Farmer's Magazine, Volume 53: January-June 1878, page 461

Forms of quey

pluralqueys

Origin of quey

Inherited from Middle English quye, from Old Norse kvíga; the modern form is influenced by Scots quey.

Questions about quey

What does quey mean?
Quey means a heifer.
What part of speech is quey?
Quey is a noun.
How do you pronounce quey?
Quey is pronounced /ˈkwaɪ/.
What is the plural of quey?
The plural of quey is queys.

Words near quey in the dictionary

  1. queuings
  2. queuosine
  3. Quevedo
  4. Quevenne's iron
  5. Quexit
  6. quey
  7. queyn
  8. queyne
  9. queynes
  10. queyns
  11. queys

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