queens pigeon (kwenzpij"on)

A large and handsome ground-pigeon, Goura victor iæ: so named from the Queen of England. See Goura. Also called Victoria crown - pigeon. queen's-root (kwenz'röt), n. Same as queen's queen's-ware (kwēnz'war), n. A variety of Wedgwood ware, otherwise known as cream colored ware. See Wedgwood ware, under ware2. queen's-yellow (kwēnz'yel"ō), n. The yellow sub sulphate of mercury; turpeth-mineral. queen-tru (kwen'trus), n. A tru framed with queen-posts. queequehatch, n. Same as quick hatch. queer1 (kwer), a. and n. [Formerly also quire; quere, obliquity), = MHG. G. quer, cro , transverse (> quere, obliquity), OHG. MHG. twer, cro , transverse (> twer, obliquity); a variant, without the final guttural, of OHG. dwerah, dwerih, dwerch, dwerh, thwerah, thwereh, twerk, MHG. dwerch, twerch, G. zwerch- = AS. thweorh, cro , transverse, = Sw. tvär = Dan. tvær, cro , obtuse, = Goth. thwairhs, angry, = Icel. thverr, neut. thuert, > ME. thwert, thwart, E. thwart, transverse, transversely: see thwart, which is thus a doublet of queer.] I. a. 1. Appearing, behaving, or feeling otherwise than is usual or normal; odd; singular; droll; whimsical; quaint. IMG:content-1467.png:[blocks in formation] Little of all we value here Wakes on the morn of its hundredth year Without both feeling and looking queer . O. W. Holmes, The Deacon's Masterpiece. A queer fish. See fish1 . - Queer Street, an imaginary place, where persons in financial or other difficulties, and flighty, uncertain, and "shady" characters generally, are feigned to live. [Slang.] A fair friend of ours has removed to Queer -street;... you'll soon be an orphan-in-law. Dickens , Dombey and Son, xl. I am very high in Queer Street just now, ma'am, having paid your bills before I left town. Kingsley, Two Years Ago, xiv. ( Davies .) = Syn. 1. Strange , Odd , etc. (see eccentric ), curious, extraordinary, unique, fantastic. II. n. Counterfeit money; "green goods." [Slang.] To shove the queer, to pa counterfeit money. [Slang.] quell A shoulder-knotted puppy, with a grin, Queering the threadbare curate, let him in. Colman the Younger. 2. To puzzle. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] queer2t, n. An obsolete form of quirel. Cot grave. queer3 (kwer), n. [Formerly also quare; prob. ult.