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QUAICH, or QUAIGH

QUAICH, or QUAIGH , a See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of Scottish drinking See also:

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel. The word is an See also:

ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the Gaelic cuach, See also:

CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup, bowl; cf. Welsh cawg, and is usually referred to the Gr. Kaii See also:

cos, KavKa, through See also:

LAT

Lat. See also:

CAUCUS

caucus. In the 18th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century it is sometimes spelled " quaff," and a connexion has been suggested with " quaff," to drink with a large or at a single See also:

DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

draught; the New See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

DICTIONARY

Dictionary, however, considers this doubtful. The quaich " was doubtless inspired by the See also:

low See also:

SILVER

silver See also:

BOWLS

bowls with two See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat handles, frequently used as bleeding vessels in See also:

England and See also:

Holland in the 17th century. The earliest quaichs were made of a solid See also:

block of See also:

wood, or of small staves of wood, often of different See also:

COLOURS, MILITARY

colours, supported by hoops, like barrels. They are generally fitted with two, and, more rarely, three See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short projecting handles. In addition to wood, they are made of See also:

stone, See also:

brass, See also:

PEWTER

pewter, See also:

horn, and of silver. The latter were often engraved with lines and bands in See also:

IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of the staves and hoops of the wooden quaichs. The origin of these vessels in See also:

Scotland is known is the Virginian See also:

QUAIL (0. Fr. Quaille, Mod. Fr. Caille, Ital. Quaglia, Low Lat. Quaquila, Du. Kwakkel and Kwartel, Ger. Wachtel, Dan. Vagtel)

Quail, or See also:

COLIN, ALEXANDRE (1526-1612)

Colin, as it is sometimes called ' that being, according to Hernandez, its old Mexican name. It is the Ortyx (or Colinus) virginianus of See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

ORNITHOLOGY

ornithology, and has a wide See also:

DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution in See also:

North See also:

AMERICA

America, being called "See also:

PART

part-See also:

ridge" in the See also:

SOUTHERN

Southern states, and elsewhere being known by the See also:

NICKNAME

nickname of " Bob-See also:

White," aptly bestowed upon it from a See also:

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call-See also:

note of the See also:

COCK, EDWARD (1805-1892)

Many unsuccessful attempts have been made to introduce this See also:

BIRD

bird to England (as indeed similar trials have been made in the See also:

UNITED

United States with quails from See also:

EUROPE

Europe). The beautiful tufted Quail of See also:

California, Lophortyx californica, has also been tried at large in Europe without success; but it is well established as an See also:

AVIARY (from Lat. avis, a bird)

aviary bird. A few of the See also:

AMERICAN

American Quails or Colins roost in trees. Interesting from many points of view as is the See also:

GROUP

group of birds last mentioned, there is another which, containing a See also:

SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

score of See also:

SPECIES

species (or perhaps more) often termed Quails or See also:

BUTTON (Fr. bouton, O. Fr. boton, apparently from the same root as bouter, to push)

Button-Quails, is of still greater importance in the eyes of the systematist. This is that comprehended by the genus Turnix, or Hemipodius of some authors, the anatomical structure of which removes it far from the genera Coturnix, Ortyx, and their See also:

ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies, and even from any of the normal Gallinae. T. H. See also:

HUXLEY, THOMAS HENRY (1825–1895)

Huxley regarded it as the representative of a generalized stock from which the Charadriomorphae and Alectoromorphae, to say nothing of other See also:

groups, have sprung. The button-quails are now placed as a See also:

SEPARATE

separate sub-See also:

order, Turnices, of the order Galliformes (see BIRD). One species, T. sylvatica, inhabits See also:

BARBARY

Barbary and southern See also:

Spain, and under the name of Andalucian Hemipode has been included (though on See also:

EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence not wholly satisfactory) among See also:

BRITISH

British birds as a reputed straggler. The See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest are natives of various parts of the Ethiopian, See also:

INDIAN

Indian and Australian regions. It is characteristic of the genus Turnix to want the See also:

HIND

hind toe; but the See also:

AFRICAN

African Ortyxelus and the Australian Pedionomus, which have been referred to its neighbourhood, have four toes on each See also:

FOOT

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