quizzing glass (kwizingglas)

A single eyegla , or monocle; especially, one that is held to the eye by the muscles of the face. quot, pron. An obsolete form of who. quo'. A clipped form of quoth. quoad hoc (kwō'ad hok). [L.: quoad, so far as ( quoad sacra (kwō'ad sā'krä). [L.: quoad, so far as; sacra, neut. pl. of sacer, sacred, consecrated.] In respect of or as far as concerns sacred matters: as, a quoad sacra parish. See parish. quob, v. and n. See quab1. quod it. An obsolete form of quoth. quod2 (kwod), n. and v. See quad2, 2. quoddle1, v. t. An obsolete or dialectal form of coddlel. quoddle It seemes it is the fashion with you to sugar your papers with Carnation phrases, and spangle your speeches with new quodled words. N. Ward, Simple Cobler, p. 89. quoddle2 (kwodʻl), v. i.; pret. and pp. quod dled, ppr. quoddling. [Cf. waddle (?).] To pad dle. You will presently see the young eagle mounting into the air, the duck quoddling in a pool. Bp. Stilling fleet , Origines Sacre, iii. 1, § 16. quoddy (kwod'i), n .; pl. quoddies (-iz). [Abbr. of Pa amaquoddy . herring quoddy . A kind of large herring found in Pa amaquoddy Bay.