||Quer"cus (?), n. [L., an oak.] (Bot.) A genus of trees constituted by
||the oak. See Oak.
Quer"ele (?), n. [See 2d Quarrel.] (O. Eng. Law) A complaint to a
court. See Audita Querela. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
Que"rent (?), n. [L. querens, p. pr. of queri to complain.] (O. Eng.
Law) A complainant; a plaintiff.
Que"rent, n. [L. quaerens, p. pr. of quaerere to search for, to
inquire.] An inquirer. [Obs.] Aubrey.
Quer`i*mo"ni*ous (?), a. [L. querimonia a complaint, fr. queri to
complain. See Querulous.] Complaining; querulous; apt to complain. --
Quer`i*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Quer`i*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.
Quer"i*mo*ny (?), n. [L. querimonia.] A complaint or complaining.
[Obs.] E. Hall.
Que"rist (?), n. [See Query.] One who inquires, or asks questions.
Swift.
Querk"en (?), v. t. [Icel. kverk throat. &?;.] To stifle or choke.
[Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Querl (?), v. t. [G. querlen, quirlen, to twirl, to turn round, fr.
querl, querl, a twirling stick. Cf. Twirl.] To twirl; to turn or wind
round; to coil; as, to querl a cord, thread, or rope. [Local, U.S.]
Querl, n. A coil; a twirl; as, the qwerl of hair on the fore leg of a
blooded horse. [Local, U. S.]
Quern (?), n. [AS. cweorn, cwyrn; akin to D. kweern, OHG. quirn, Icel.
kvern, Sw. qvarn, Dan. quÊrn, Goth. qairnus (in asiluqaÌrnus), Lith.
qÏrnos, and perh. E. corn.] A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone
of which was turned by hand; -- used before the invention of windmills
and watermills. Shak.
They made him at the querne grind.
Chaucer.
Quer"po (?), n. The inner or body garments taken together. See Cuerpo.
Dryden.
Quer"que*dule (?), n. [L. querquedula.] (Zool.) (a) A teal. (b) The
pintail duck.