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QUACK . An ungraduated ignorant pretender to skill in physic, a vender of nostrums.
QUACK-SALVER . A mountebank: a seller of salves.
QUACKING CHEAT . A duck.
QUAG . Abbreviation of quagmire; marshy moorish around.
QUAIL-PIPE . A woman's tongue; also a device to take birds of that name by imitating their call. Quail pipe boots; boots resembling a quail pipe, from the number of plaits; they were much worn in the reign of Charles II.
QUAKERS . A religious sect so called from their agitations in preaching.
QUAKING CHEAT . A calf or sheep.
QUANDARY . To be in a quandary: to be puzzled. Also one so over-gorged, as to be doubtful which he should do first, sh--e or spew. Some derive the term quandary from the French phrase qu'en dirai je? what shall I say of it? others from an Italian word signifying a conjuror's circle.
QUARREL-PICKER . A glazier: from the small squares in casements, called CARREUX, vulgarly quarrels.
QUARROMES . or QUARRON. A body. CANT.
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