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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1666-1683
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Quafe, Queff, n. Pl. quafes, quaves, quaiffes. Irreg. var. of Quach n., also, as queff, quaff, coif, in the later dial. (Influence f. e.m.E. quaff v. to drink deeply seems unlikely.) — 1666 Edinburgh Testaments LXXII 97b.
Sex timber caps and quaiffes 1669 Ib. LXXIII 292b.
Ane mutchkin queff and bicker 1674 Glasgow Burgesses 199.
[Burgess] fines modified in respect of his tred in making quaves and bukers [sic in ed. ? read bickers] 1683 Inv. in Donibristle Mun. (Earl of Moray's MSS) 19 (9–10 May).
Item ane duzon of peuther trenchers … Item four quafes and a cavie
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