(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:25:37

Queest (?), n. [Cf. Icel. kvisa a kind of bird, kvistr a branch of a tree, and E. cushat.] Zool.

The European ringdove (Columba palumbus); the cushat.

[Written also quist, queeze, quice, queece.] See Ringdove.

 

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