quanđang

[Native name.] Botany: 1. The edible fruit of Santalum a cum in a tum. 2. Fusanus a cum in at us , one of the Santalacese, The nut, which resembles an almond, is eaten by the native Austral i ans. quẫn-da-rỹ, * quan-där-, * quan-da-re, s . [According to Skeat a corrupt. of Mid. Eng. wan dreth, wandrethe evil plight, adversity, peril; Icel. vandrædhi=difficulty, trouble, from vandr =difficult; cogn. with O. Sw. wandräde =difficulty, from wand=difficult. The old derivation was from Fr. qu'en dirai - je ? What shall or can I say of it!] A state of difficulty, perplexity, hesitation or uncertainty; a predicament, a pickle. "Driv'n to a cursed quandary." Bucking hams hire Election of Poet Laureate.