Quare. 5. It seems to mean to quarter, or to square, to cut to pieces however, and may be the same as to _dyce_. 10. 60. Dice at this time were very small: a large parcel of them were found under the floor of the hall of one of the Temples, about 1764, and were so minute as to have dropt at times through the chinks or joints of the boards. There were near 100 pair of ivory, scarce more than two thirds as large as our modern ones. The hall was built in the reign of Elizabeth. To _quare_ is from the Fr. quarrer; and _quayre_ or _quaire_, subst. in Chaucer, Skelton, p. 91. 103. is a book or pamphlet, from the paper being in the quarto form. See Annal. Dunstap. p. 215, Ames, Typ. Antiq. p. 3. 9. Hence our quire of paper. The later French wrote _cahier_, _cayer_, for I presume this may be the same word. Hence, _kerve hem to dyce_, into small squares, 12. _Dysis_, MS. Ed. 15. Quybibes. 64. Quibibz. MS. Ed. 54. alibi. Cubebs. Quentlich. 162. keyntlich, 189. nicely, curiously. Chaucer. v. _Queintlie_. Quayle. 162. perhaps, cool. it seems to mean fail or miscarry. Lel. Coll. VI. p. II. sink or be dejected, p. 41. See Junius, v. Quail. Queynchehe. 173. f. queynch. but qu. R. R. and its vowel are often transposed. v. Bryddes, brennyng, Crudds, Poumegarnet, &c. Rapes. 5. Turneps. Lat. _Rapa_, or _Rapum_. vide Junium in voce. Ryse. 9. 194. Rys, 36. alibi. MS. Ed. 14. Ryys, 192. the Flower, 37. Rice. Fr. Ris. Belg. Riis. Roo. 14. Roe, the animal. Rede. 21. alibi, red. A.S. [Anglo-Saxon: read]. Roost. 30. alibi, rowsted, 175. substantive, 53. to rost. Belg. roosten. Rether. Ms. Ed. 43. a beast of the horned kind. Ramme. 33. to squeeze. but qu. Rennyns. 65. perhaps, _rennyng_, i. e. thin, from _renne_, to run. Leland Itin. I. p. 5, 6. alibi. Skelton, p. 96. 143. alibi. indeed most of our old authors. Lel. Coll. IV. p. 287, 288. Chaucer. Ruayn. v. Chese. Rape. 83. a dish with no turneps in it. Quære if same as _Rapil_, Holme III. p. 78. Rapy, MS. Ed. 49. Resmolle. 96. a dish. v. ad loc. Ryal. 99. _ryallest_. Proem. royal. Lel. Coll. IV. p. 250. 254. VI. p. 5. bis. 22. Chaucer. v. Rial. Rote. 100. Root. _Rotys_, MS. Ed. 32. Chaucer. Junius, v. Root. Roo Broth. MS. Ed. 53. Roche. 103. the fish. Lel. Coll. VI. p. 6. Rygh. 105. a fish. perhaps the Ruffe. Rawnes. 125. Roes of fish. _Lye_ in Junius. v. Roan. Rest. MS. Ed. rustied, of meat. Restyn, restyng. No. 57. Rustiness. Junius. v. Restie. Rasyols. 152. a dish. _Ransoles_. Holme III. p. 84. Reyn. Ms. Ed. 57. Rain. Chaucer. Rysshews. 182. name of a dish. qu. Rew de Rumsey. MS. Ed. 44. Ryne hem on a Spyt. 187. run them on a spit. Rosty. MS. Ed. 44. rost. Rounde. 196. round. French. Rosee. 52. a dish. v. ad loc. Resenns. 100. Raysons, 114. Raisins. used of Currants, 14. v. ad loc. _Reysons_, _Reysins_. MS. Ed. II. 23. 42. _Rassens_ Pottage, is in the second course at archp. Nevill's Feast. S. Spine. v. Spynee.