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quoy

quoy noun: an area of wasteland (or common land) now enclosed for farming.

Noun

quoy (plural quoys)

  1. (Scotland) An area of wasteland (or common land) now enclosed for farming.

Forms of quoy

pluralquoys

Origin of quoy

From the Norn reflex of Old Norse kví (“enclosure”).

Questions about quoy

What does quoy mean?
Quoy means an area of wasteland (or common land) now enclosed for farming.
What part of speech is quoy?
Quoy is a noun.
What is the plural of quoy?
The plural of quoy is quoys.

Words near quoy in the dictionary

  1. Quotrons
  2. quots.
  3. Quotskuyva
  4. quotum
  5. quotums
  6. quoy
  7. quoys
  8. ququart
  9. ququarts
  10. Qur'an
  11. qur'anic

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