The Q section of Robert Cawdrey's 1604 dictionary A Table Alphabeticall.

 

Not content with a mere transcription, I have also translated Cawdrey's 400 year old English into modern E2 English, through a process involving the OED, much research and many educated guesses.

The main entries may appear in as many as three parts :
          Original [Repaired] (Modern)

Original is exactly as it appears in Cawdrey.
Repaired swaps I with J, and U with V, as necessary for current alphabetic usage.
Modern gives the modern American spelling.

Each operation is performed on its left-hand neighbor. The results are omitted if nothing changed. Only the rightmost word is hard-linked.

A leading (f) indicates French origin, a leading (g) indicates Greek origin.

Please msg me with any corrections or suggestions.

See Also Main Entry, Introduction, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I/J, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U/V

 

QVadrangle [quadrangle]
foure-cornered
quadrant, quadrate
foure square, or a quarter
quartane (quartan)
belonging to, or comming euery fourth day
queach
thicke heape
querimonious
full of complaining, and lamentation
(f) quintessence
chiefe vertue, drawne by art out of many compounds together
quondam
heeretofore, in times past
(f) quote
cite, preuent
quotodian (quotidian)
daily, that happeneth euery day

 

See Also Main Entry, Introduction, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I/J, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U/V

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