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Definition of Quaigh
1. n. A small shallow cup or drinking vessel.
Definition of Quaigh
1. Noun. a traditional, shallow, two-handled Scottish cup symbolising friendship ¹
2. Noun. a two-handled drinking vessel ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quaigh
1. quaich [n -S] - See also: quaich
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quaigh
Literary usage of Quaigh
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses Connected with the by Agnes Strickland (1857)
"One relic of Mary's visit to Workington Hall, a small Scotch agate cup, or quaigh,
called "The Luck of Workington," is carefully preserved there as a 1 ..."
2. Abbotsford by William Shillinglaw Crockett (1905)
"quaigh made from Queen Mary's yew at Craig- millar." quaigh made from Duke of
Wellington's tree at Waterloo. ' Such a multifarious collection of ancient ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1828)
"Ah, Mac, my dear, that is а quaigh I set a very particular value upon. ...
That quaigh, gentlemen, is from the roof-tree of the cottage at Leadhills, ..."
4. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1822)
"As soon as he on his lips, and hurling the quaigh, ... half full of liquor, at
the head of the he silently raised the quaigh of li- son of Janet Mason, ..."
5. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1866)
"Ah Mac, my dear, that is a quaigh I set a very particular value upon. ...
That quaigh, gentlemen, is from the roof-tree of the cottage at Leadhills, ..."
6. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1866)
"Ah Mac, my dear, that is a quaigh I set a very particular value upon. ...
That quaigh, gentlemen, is from the roof-tree of the cottage at Leadhills, ..."
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