Definition of Quaich

1. Noun. (obsolete) A traditional, shallow, two-handled Scottish cup symbolising friendship. It was originally used to toast the arrival or departure of a visitor. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quaich

1. a small drinking vessel [n -ES or -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quaich

quagmired
quagmires
quagmirier
quagmiriest
quagmiry
quags
quahaug
quahaugs
quahog
quahogged
quahogger
quahoggers
quahogging
quahogs
quai
quaich (current term)
quaiches
quaichs
quaigh
quaighs
quail
quail-dove
quail-doves
quail-pipe
quail-pipes
quail at
quail bronchitis virus
quail brush
quail bush
quail dove

Literary usage of Quaich

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Summer in Scotland by Jacob Abbott (1848)
"Ta quaich." A wedding. tween the leaves of our guide-books as souvenirs of ... They drank from my silver quaich, which the guide admired, saying it was " a ..."

2. Paisley Burns Clubs 1805-1893 by Robert Brown, Roy Collection (1893)
"The staves of the quaich are bound together with hoops made of silver, having on two sides, at the top of the quaich, a projecting handle also of solid ..."

3. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1838)
"THE quaich—A DRINKING-CUP.— Vol. ii. p. 621. ... My friend Mr. Mackenzie, at whose table I saw it first introduced, writes thus upon the subject: " quaich, ..."

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