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Quean
(gcide) | Quean \Quean\, n. [Originally, a woman, AS. cwene; akin to OS.
quena, OHG. quena, Icel. kona, Goth qin?, and AS. cw['e]n,
also to Gr. ? woman, wife, Skr. gn[=a] goddess. Cf. Queen.]
1. A woman; a young or unmarried woman; a girl. [Obs. or
Scot.] --Chaucer.
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2. A low woman; a wench; a slut. "The dread of every scolding
quean." --Gay.
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QUEAN
(bouvier) | QUEAN. A worthless woman a strumpet. The meaning of this word, which is now
seldom used, is said not to be well ascertained. 2 Roll. Ab. 296 Bac. Ab.
Stander, U 3.
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Cotquean
(gcide) | Cotquean \Cot"quean`\ (k?t"kw?n`), n. [Cot a cottage + quean.]
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1. A man who busies himself with affairs which properly
belong to women. --Addison.
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2. A she-cuckold; a cucquean; a henhussy. [Obs.]
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What, shall a husband be afraid of his wife's face?
We are a king, cotquean, and we will reign in our
pleasures. --B. Jonson.
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Cotqueanity
(gcide) | Cotqueanity \Cot*quean"i*ty\ (k?t-kw?n"?-t?), n.
The condition, character, or conduct of a cotquean. [Obs.]
--B. Jonson.
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Cucquean
(gcide) | Cucquean \Cuc"quean`\ (k?k"kw?n`), n. [Cuckold + quean.]
A woman whose husband is unfaithful to her. [Obs.]
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Oblique-angled
(gcide) | Oblique-angled \Ob*lique"-an`gled\, a.
Having oblique angles; as, an oblique-angled triangle.
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Quean
(gcide) | Quean \Quean\, n. [Originally, a woman, AS. cwene; akin to OS.
quena, OHG. quena, Icel. kona, Goth qin?, and AS. cw['e]n,
also to Gr. ? woman, wife, Skr. gn[=a] goddess. Cf. Queen.]
1. A woman; a young or unmarried woman; a girl. [Obs. or
Scot.] --Chaucer.
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2. A low woman; a wench; a slut. "The dread of every scolding
quean." --Gay.
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Quinqueangled
(gcide) | Quinqueangled \Quin"que*an`gled\, a. [Quinque- + angle.]
Having five angles; quinquangular.
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