Quaich
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kweɪx/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Quaich is a noun meaning (Scotland, by extension) Any two-handled drinking vessel or trophy.
Meaning
(Scotland, by extension) Any two-handled drinking vessel or trophy.
More Meanings
- (Scotland, historical) A traditional shallow, two-handled cup of Scottish origin symbolizing friendship, originally used to toast the arrival or departure of a visitor.
Example Sentences
The quaighs were deep, the liquor strong, / And on the tale the yeoman throng, / Had made a comment sage and long, [...]
Every evening through all the summer Lampusa put out for them before her rock-hewn kitchen a silver quaich of milk; then she summoned the creatures with a low call.
A quaich was an ideal gift when made from the timber of the fifteenth-century Alloway Kirk, which, "as you will have read in 'Tam O'Shanter', was a ruin in [Robert] Burns day but had the roof nearly intact until the turn of that century, (18th-19th). The rafters and other load bearing beams were ideal for souvenir makers" (letter, Nov. 19, 1991).
Word Forms
- quaichs
- quaiches
- quaigh
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include quaigh, quegh, queanie, whisky, quail, querry.
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