释义 |
▪ I. † quek, queke Obs. rare. [Of obscure origin.] A chequer or chess-board; some game played on this. Also queke-board.
[1376in Riley Lond. Mem. (1868) 395 A pair of tables on the outside of which was painted a chequer-board that is called a ‘quek’. The complainants played with the defendant Nicholas at quek.] 1426Lydg. De Guil. Pilgr. 11198 Rede..On thyng that ys nat worth a lek; Pleye at the keylës & the quek. 1477Act 17 Edw. IV, c. 3 Diversez novelx ymaginez jeuez appellez Cloishe Kaylez half kewle Hondyn & Hondoute & Quekeborde. a1500in Freeman Exeter (1887) 161 Yong peple..within the said cloistre have exercised unlawful games as the toppe, queke, penny prykke. ▪ II. quek var. of queck v.1 Obs. ▪ III. quek(e obs. forms of quick. |