Quack | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a vendor of nostrums. |
Quack-salver | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a mountebank, a seller of salves. |
Quarrel-picker | A glazier; one engaged in the manufacture of glass, a glass-maker; one whose trade it is to glaze windows. According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this name came about as a result of the small squares in casements being named: carreux, which were vulgarly called quarrels. |
Quarrier | One who quarries stone; a quarryman. |
Quarriour | A variation in the spelling of the name: quarrier. |
Quarryer | A variation in the spelling of the name: quarrier. |
Quarryman | One employed in quarrying; onw who works in a quarry. |
Quarterman | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for a "dockyard officer employed to superintend a certain number of workmen." |
Quarter-master | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for a "petty officer appointed to assist the master and mates in their several duties, as stowing the hold, coiling cables, attending the binnacle and steerage, keeping time by the watch-glasses, assisting in hoisting the signals, and keeping his eye on general quarter-deck movements." |
Quarter-master General | According to The Sailor's Word-Book, published in 1867 by William Henry Smyth, this was a name for the "head of that department of the army which has charge of the quartering, encamping, embarking, and moving of troops, and of the supply of stores connected therewith." |
Quaryere | A variation in the spelling of the name: quarrier. |
Queen | A (king's) wife or consort; a lady who is wife to a king. Also, a woman who is the chief ruler of a state, having the same rank and position as a king. |
Queene | A variation in the spelling of the name: queen. |
Queer bit-maker | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a coiner (a maker of money). |
Queer cole-maker | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a maker of bad money. |
Queer-cuffin | According to the 1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue, by Captain Grose, this was a name for a justice of the peace or a churl. |
Quein | A variation in the spelling of the name: queen. |
Queine | A variation in the spelling of the name: queen. |
Quen | A variation in the spelling of the name: queen. |
Quene | A variation in the spelling of the name: queen. |
Quereour | A variation in the spelling of the name: quarrier. |
Querrour | A variation in the spelling of the name: quarrier. |
Queyn | A variation in the spelling of the name: queen. |
Queyne | A variation in the spelling of the name: queen. |
Quiene | A variation in the spelling of the name: queen. |
Quill-driver | One who works with a quill or pen; a clerk or author. |
Quiller | One who quills material, esp. into the form of a ruff. In this case the word quills refers to: to form into small cylindrical plaits or folds resembling a quill. |
Quilter | A person who quilts. |
Quuen | A variation in the spelling of the name: queen. |
Quyene | A variation in the spelling of the name: queen. |
Quyltemaker | One who made quilted padding which was used underneath a knight's armour. This name comes from Cock Lorel's Bote, a book of anonymous satirical verse published in 1510. |
Qvene | A variation in the spelling of the name: queen. |
Qwen | A variation in the spelling of the name: queen. |
Qwene | A variation in the spelling of the name: queen. |
Qwhene | A variation in the spelling of the name: queen. |