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HAMPSHIRE GLOSSART. 71.' Quest, V. to give tongue as a spaniel does on trail — Cooper ; Wise. Quick [kwik], sh. pi. young plants of hawthorn (Cratcngus oxya- cantha), Ex. * If 11 take nigh upon two thousand quick to plant that bank.*— N. H. Quick-beam [kwik-heem], sh. the mountain ash. Sorhiu aucuparia. — N.H. Quickhedge [kwik-hej],«5. a hedge formed of hawthorn, or other growing shrubs ; a live-hedge, in contradistinction to a dead-hedge made by twisting brushwood along the bank. — ^N. H. Quid [kwid], v, to suck. *Ak. Cf. the phr. 'a quid of tobacco.' Quiddle [kwid'l], v. to be anxious and busy about trifles; to fuss about Heard at Bournemouth. See Twiddle. — W. W. S. Quill-up [kwil-up], V. to rise as water does in a spring. — K H. Cf. GrernL quelle^ a spring. Quilt [kwilt],«&. a pimple, boil, small blister; the same as quat, — W» Quilt, V. a. to beat with twigs. Ex. * I'll quUt thee jacket to 'ee.' — J, Quilt, V, n. to swallow. *Ak. Quinnets [kwin*uts], sb, pi, the rings of iron that secure the nibs of a scythe. See Snead. Quirk [kwurk], to cry out, as a hare when caught in a trap. — N. H. Quiskin [kwis-kin], prea. pt, complaining. *Ak. Quod [kwod], V. to catch eels with an earth-worm, or a piece of worsted. — J. Quoilers [kwoi-lurz], ah, pL part of cart-harness.- Quop [kwop], V, to throb. *Ak. Quot [kwot], V, n, to walk in an undignified manner.- Quotted [kwot-ed], pp. satiated, cloyed, glutted. — Cooper. Babbit you [rab'ut], inter}, confound you ! Another form of the oath is ' rabbit your head.' Babbiter [rab'etur], sb. a blow on the back of the neck given with the edge of the open hand. From the mode usually employed in kill- ing rabbits. — ^Adams* WykeJiamica, p. 431. Back [rak], sb. part of a neck of mutton. — Winch. Sch. 01. Baok-and-manger [rak-un-mai'njur], phr. expresses utter mismanage- ment, all going wrong, everything out of place, and going to de- struction. — N. H. See Life rof Robin Goodfdlow^ 1628. HalliweU's Diet iL 662. Back-and-rend [rak-un-rend], phr. wreck and ruin. — J. [It should probably be spelt wrack.'}—^. H. 0,