queenfish 
color is Mulsh above, silvery below, yellow on the belly, 
with yellowish vertical fins, and blackish at the base of the 
pectorals. Also called Icinyfish. 
queen-gold (kwto'gSW), . A royal duty or rev- 
enue once enjoyed by every queen of England 
during her marriage with the king. 
queenhood (kweu'hud), n. [< queen + -hood.] 
The state or rank of a queen; the dignity of 
character becoming a queen. 
With all grace 
Of womanhood and queenhood. 
Tennyson, Geraint. 
queening (kwe'ning), . [Appar. < queen + 
-twj/3 but perhaps connected with quine, 
quince.] A name of several varieties of apple : 
one is distinguished as the winter queening. 
The winter queening is good for the table. 
Mortimer, Husbandry. 
queenite (kwe'nit), n. [< queen + -ite 2 .] A 
partizan of Queen Caroline in her differences 
with her husband, George IV. 
He thought small beer at that time of some very great 
patriots and Queenites. 
Southey, The Doctor, interchapter xvi. (Dames.) 
queenlet (kwen'let), . [< queen + -let.'] A 
petty or insignificant queen. 
In Prussia there is a 1'hilosophe King, in Russia a Phllo- 
sophe Empress ; the whole North swarms with kinglets 
and aueeitlets of the like temper. 
Carlyle, Misc., III. 216. (Comes.) 
queen-lily (kwen'lil"i), . A plant of the ge- 
nus Phsedranaxsa. P. chloracea is a handsome cul- 
tivated species from Peru, with flowers 2 inches long, the 
short tube greenish, the segments of the limb purplish 
rose-color tipped with green. 
queenliness (kwen'li-nes), . The state or con- 
dition of being queenly ; the characteristics of 
a queen; queenly nature or quality; dignity; 
stateliness. 
queenly (kwen'li), a. [< queen + -ly 1 .] Like 
a queen ; befitting a queen ; suitable to a queen. 
An anthem for the queenliest dead that ever died so young. 
Pope, Lenore. 
queenly (kwen'li), adc. [< queenly, a.] Like a 
queen; in the manner of a queen. 
Queenly responsive when the loyal hand 
Hose from the clay it work'd in as she past. 
Tennyson, Aylmer's Field. 
queen-mother (kwen'muTH'er), . See queen. 
Queen-mother herb ' , tobacco. 
queen-of-the-meadows ( k wen ' ov-the-med ' 6z ) , 
n. The English meadow-sweet, fipireea VI- 
maria, an herb a yard high, with pinnate leaves, 
and a compound cyme of very numerous small 
yellowish-white sweet-scented flowers; also, 
rarely, the American meadow-sweet, Spireea 
salicifolia. 
queen-of-the-prairie (kwen'ov-the-pra'ri), n. 
A tall American herb, Spireea tobata, of mea- 
dows and prairies in the interior. Its pinnate 
leaves, which are fragrant when bruised, are chiefly near 
the ground. It bears an ample panicled compound cyme 
of handsome crowded peach-pink flowers. 
queen-pinet, " The pineapple. Also called 
kitty-pine. 
queen-post (kweu'post), u. In carp., one of the 
suspending posts in the framed principal of a 
Queen-post Roof. 
A A, queen-posts ; S, tie-beam ; C C, struts or braces. 
roof, or in a trussed partition or other truss, 
when there are two such posts. When there 
is only a single post it is called a king-post or 
crown-post. Also called prick-post Queen-post 
stay, in a railroad-car, a rod or bar fastened to a queen- 
post to secure it against any lateral movement. Sec- 
ondary queen-posts, a kind of truss-posts set in pairs, 
each at the same distance from the middle of the truss, for 
the purpose of hanging the tie-beam below. Also called 
side-posts. 
queen's-arm (kwenz'arrn), . A musket. 
Agin the chimbley crook-necks hung ; 
An' in amongst 'em rusted 
The ole qtteen's-arm thet gran'ther Young 
Fetched back frum Concord busted. 
Lowell, The Courtin'. 
queen' S-delight (kwenz'de-lit*), n. A herba- 
ceous plant, Stilliiigia sylratica, order Euphor- 
biacex, native of the southern United States. 
It has clustered stems from 1 to 3 feet high, springing from 
a thick woody root. The latter is an officinal alterative. 
Also queen's-root. 
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queen's-flower (kwenz'flou'er), n. The blood- 
wood or jarool, LiKjer.itru'miit Flnn-Keyiuif, ame- 
dium-sized tree of the East Indies, etc., in those 
regions often planted. The panicled flowers are each 
2 or 3 inches in diameter, rose-colored in the morning, 
becoming purple by evening. 
queenship (kwen'ship), n. [< queen + -xhip.] 
The position or dignity of a queen. 
Neither did I at any time so far forget myself in my ex- 
altation or received queenship but that I always looked lor 
such an alteration as I now find. 
Queen Ann Boleyn'slart tetter to King Henry (quoted by 
[Addison in Spectator, No. 397). 
Queensland ebony, see Mala; hemp, see niila : 
laurel, see Pittoqpontm; nut, nut-tree, see 
Mneiidaiiiia ; olive, poplar, etc., see olive, etc. ; 
plum, see Owenia, 1. 
queen S-lily (kwenz'HFi), . 1. See Knipho- 
fifi.2. The Mexican lily. See lily. 
queen's-metal (kwenz'mefal), . An alloy of 
which the chief ingredient is tin, answering the 
purposes of Britanniametal, and somewhat finer 
and harder than pewter. The proportions of 
the ingredients vary. 
queen's-pigeon (kwenz'pij'on), . A large and 
handsome ground-pigeon, "Goura riettirise,: so 
named from the (jueen of England. See Goura. 
Also called Victoria crown-pigeon. 
queen's-root (kwenz'rot), n. Same as queen' g- 
ili liijht. 
queen-stitch (kwen'stich), n. A simple pattern 
in embroidery, made by a square of fourstitches 
drawn within another larger one made in the 
same way. A checker pattern is produced by 
a series of these. 
queen's-ware (kwenz'war), n. A variety of 
Wedgwood ware, otherwise known as cream- 
colored ware. See Wedywood irare, under icore' 2 . 
queen's-yellow (kwenz'yel'6), n. The yellow 
subsulphate of mercury; turpeth-mineral. 
queen-truss (kwen'trus), n. A truss framed 
with queen-posts. 
queequehatch, . Same as quickhatch. 
queer 1 (kwer), . and n. [Formerly also quire; 
< LG. queer, quer, cross, transverse (> quere, 
obliquity), = MHG. G. quer. cross, transverse 
(> quere, obliquity), OHG. MHG. taer, cross, 
transverse (> twer, obliquitv); a variant, with- 
out the final guttural, of OHG. dwerah, dwerih, 
dwereh, dwerh, thwerah, thtrereh, twerh, MHG. 
dwerch, twerch, G. zwerclt- = AS. thweorh, cross, 
transverse, = Sw. trar = Dan. trier, cross, ob- 
tuse, = Goth, thwairlix, angry, = Icel. thverr, 
neut. thrert, > ME. thwert, thwart, E. thwart, 
transverse, transversely: see thwart, which is 
thus a doublet of queer.] I. a. 1. Appearing, 
behaving, or feeling otherwise than is usual 
or normal; odd; singular; droll; whimsical; 
quaint. 
The presence seems, with things so richly odd, 
The mosque of Mahound, or some queer pagod. 
Pope, Satires of Donne, Iv. 239. 
The queerest shape that e'er I saw, 
For flent a wame it had ava'. 
Burro, Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
2. Open to suspicion ; doubtful in point of hon- 
esty. [Colloq.] 
You drive a queer bargain with your friends, and are 
found out, and imagine the world will punish you. 
Thackeray. 
'We've seen his name the old man's on some very 
queer paper," says B. with a wink to .T. 
Thackeray, Philip, iv. 
3. Counterfeit; worthless. [Slang.] 
Put it about in the right quarter that you'll buy queer 
bills by the lump. Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, ii. 5. 
4. Having a sensation of sudden or impend- 
ing illness; sick or languid. [Colloq.] 
Little of all we value here 
Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year 
Without both feeling and looking queer. 
0. W. Holmes, The Deacon s Masterpiece. 
A queer fish. See jSsAi. Queer Street, an imaginary 
place, where persons in financial or other difficulties, and 
flighty, uncertain, and "shady" characters generally, are 
feigned to live. [Slang.] 
A fair friend of ours has removed to Queer-street; . . . 
you'll soon be an orphan-in-law. 
Dickens, Dombey and Son, xl. 
I am very high in Queer Street just now, ma'am, having 
paid your bills before I left town. 
Kingsley, Two Years Ago, xiv. (Dacies.) 
= Syn. 1. Strange, Odd, etc. (see eccentric), curious, ex- 
traordinary, unique, fantastic. 
II. u. Counterfeit money; "green goods." 
[Slang.] To shove the queer, to pass counterfeit 
money. [Slang. ] 
queer 1 (kwer), r. t. [< queer 1 , a.] 1. To banter; 
ridicule; deride. [Slang.] 
Who in a row like Tom could lead the Vin, 
Booze in the ken, or at the spellken hustle? 
Who queer a flat? Byron, Don Juan, xi. 1. 
quell 
A shoulder-knotted puppy, with a grin, 
Queeriny the threadbare curate, let him in. 
Caiman the Younger. 
2. To puzzle. Ifalliircll. [Prov. Eng.] 
queer'-'t, " An obsolete form of quire 1 . cut- 
grave, 
queer 3 (kwer), n. [Formerly also (/iiare; prob. 
lilt. < L. quadras, square: see quarri/l. x'/"'"'' \ 
One of the joints or division-planes of queery 
rock. [Cornwall. Eng.] 
queerer (kwer'cr), , One who banters or ridi- 
cules. [Slang.] 
'Twould be most tedious to describe 
The common-place of this facetious tribe, 
These wooden wits, these Quizzers, Queerers, Smokers, 
These practical nothing-so-easy Jokers. 
Colman the Younyer. 
queerity (kwer'i-ti), n. [Formerly also queur- 
itij ; < queer 1 + -ity.] Queerness. [Rare.] 
No Person whatsoever shall be admitted [to the "Ugly 
Club") without a visible Quearity in his Aspect, or pecu- 
liar Cast of Countenance. Steele, Spectator, No. 17. 
queerly (kwer'li), adv. In a queer, odd, or sin- 
gular manner. 
queemess (kwer'nes), i. The state or charac- 
ter of being queer. 
queery (kwer'i), . [Formerly also quarey ; < 
queer* + -y 1 .] Breaking up in cuboidal masses, 
as rocks in various quarries. [Cornwall, Eng.] 
queest (kwest), . [Also queast, quest, quint, 
formerly qitoiat, also corruptly quease, queeze, 
quice; < ME. quysht, prob. a contr. form of 
cushat.] The cushat or ring-dove, Cohimba pa- 
lumbux. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] 
Askes beth goode, and so hoot is noo dounge 
Of foule as of the douve, a quysht outake [excepted]. 
Palladium, Uusboudrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 28. 
queet 1 (kwet), n. [A dial. var. of coot.} The 
coot, Fiilica atra. [Prov. Eng.] 
queet 2 (kwet), . [Also quit, cuit, cute, coot; 
origin obscure.] An ankle. [Scotch.] 
The first an' step that she stepp'd in, 
She stepped to the queet. 
The Drou-ned Loceri (Child's Ballads, II. 179). 
The second brother he stepped In, 
He stepped to the quit ; 
Then out he jump'd upo' the bank, 
Says, "This water's wond'rous deep." 
Bondtey and Xaiary (Child's Ballads, II. S79). 
queez-madam (kwez'mad"am), . [F. cuisse- 
madame.] The cuisse-madam, a French jar- 
gonelle pear. [Scotch.] 
He'll glowr at an auld-warld harkit aik snag as if it were 
a queez-maddam in full bearing. Scott, Rob Roy, xxi. 
queff, quegh, queigh. . Same as quaiyh. 
queint't, . A Middle English form of quaint. 
queint 2 t. An obsolete preterit and past parti- 
ciple of quench. Chaucer. 
queintiset, A variant of quaiiitine. 
quekebordet, . [ME., appar. as if "quickboard, 
< quick + board.] An old game, prohibited 
under Edward IV. Strutt, Sports and Pas- 
times, p. 512. 
Quekett's indicator. See indicator, 1 (c). 
quelch (kwelch), n. [Cf. squelch.] A blow; a 
bang. Hallitcell. [Prov. Eng.] 
quele 1 *, v. An obsolete form of quail 1 , queal. 
quele 2 t, An obsolete form of wheel. 
quelea(kwe'le-ii),. [African (f).] 1. The crim- 
son-beaked weaver-bird of Africa. 2. [cap.] 
Quelea sangit 
[NL. (Eeichenbach, 1850).] A genus of Afri- 
can weaver-birds or Ploeeidee, containing such 
species as the above, (,>. sangHiitiroxtri*. 
quell (kwel), f. [< ME. quellen, < AS. cwellan 
(= OS. quellian = OHG. quellan, cicellan, quel- 
len, chellen, clteleit, MHG. elncellen, chollen, 
quellen, quelii, Jcaln, G. qualen = Icel. livelja = 
Sw. qviilja), kill, lit. cause to die, causal of 
einlaii, etc., die, E. queal, now usually quail: 
