Browse Entries: Q

there are 69 entries under the letter Q

quadruped snowshoe

a snowshoe worn by horses, mules, etc. and made of an ore sack packed with hay.

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quaking aspen

the aspen poplar, Populus tremuloides.

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quaking bog

n. a tract of land made up of spongy peat which quakes when walked or driven on.

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quaking swamp

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qualla

n. See 1962 quote.

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quanker

n. See quote.

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quar ice

See quotes

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quarter

1a n. a quarter of a Spanish dollar.

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quarter beaver

a one-year-old beaver.

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quarter blood Indian

the offspring of a white person and a person half Indian.

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quarter-breed 

n. the offspring of a white person and a person half Indian.

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quarter-dollar

1 n. a quarter of a Spanish dollar.

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quarter-section 

n. one quarter of a surveyed section of land, that is, 160 acres, the area of the usual homestead grant in the West.

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quartz claim 

a claim having a quartz vein of gold or other ore.

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quartz fever

enthusiasm for quartz mining.

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quartz gold

gold found in mineralized quartz as opposed to placer or alluvial gold.

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quartz lode

a lead or vein of mineral-bearing quartz.

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quartz mine 

a mine in which gold or other mineral is found in quartz rock.

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quartz mining

the practice of mining mineral-bearing quartz.

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quawk

n. uncooked frozen meat or fish.

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Quebec Act

the act of the British Parliament by which Canada was governed from 1774 to 1791.

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Quebec Bill

1 one of the standards of currency in use in British North America in colonial times.

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Quebec burner

a type of heating stove having a tall, cylindrical firebox. See picture at Quebec heater.

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Quebec Conference

a conference held in Quebec City in 1864, at which plans for Confederation were drawn up.

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Quebec Convention

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Quebec currency

one of the standards of currency in use in British North America in colonial times.

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Quebec heater

a type of heating stove having a tall, cylindrical firebox.

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Quebec horse

a breed of sturdy, black draught horse developed in Quebec from stock brought to Canada by early French settlers.

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Quebec Jersey

a breed of small cattle developed in Quebec from stock brought to Canada by early French settlers.

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Quebec marmot

a large burrowing rodent, Marmota monax, common in eastern and central Canada.

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Quebec pine

a tall, stately pine, Pinus strobus, of eastern Canada, much used for shipmasts in colonial days and providing the basis for the lumber industry

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Quebec Resolutions

the resolutions passed at the Quebec Conference as proposals for Confederation.

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Quebec Scheme

the scheme of government proposed for a confederated Canada at the Quebec Conference and embodied in the Quebec Resolutions.

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Quebecker

n. a native or resident of Quebec, especially a French Canadian.

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Quebecois ((adj.))

adj. of or pertaining to French-speaking Quebec or Quebecois (def. 1)

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Quebecois ((n.))

1 n. a French-Canadian native or resident of Quebec.

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Queen Charlotte Island caribou

See quotes; Rangifer arcticus dawsoni.

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Queen City

1 Toronto, Ontario.

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Queen City of the Plains

Regina, Saskatchewan.

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Queen City of the West

1 Hamilton, Ontario.

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queen crab

a species of crab, Chionoecetes opilio, found on the East Coast.

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Queen's Birthday

a national holiday, May 24th, established in 1845 to celebrate Queen Victoria's birthday, now also celebrating the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II and since 1952 observed on the first Monday preceding May 25th.

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Queen's Bush

See 1958 quote.

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Queen's Park

the Ontario government or legislature, so called after the park in which the buildings stand.

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Queen's post

one of a number of fur-trading and fishing posts in Quebec, most of them in the King's Domain.

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Queen's Printer 

1 the publisher of a newspaper authorized by the government to print laws and proclamations as well as the debates and proceedings of Parliament.

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quick-kick

n. a punt made on a first or second down, when the defending team least expects such a play, the aim being to catch the defenders with no backs in a position to field the ball quickly.

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quickhatch

n. a large fur-bearing animal, Gulo luscus, of the northern forests and tundra, noted for its guile and craftiness.

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quickwater 

n. a stretch of a stream that has sufficient fall to create a marked current but where there are no rapids.

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quill

n. a quill, especially a goose quill, used as a token by traders bartering with Indians.

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quill pig

the porcupine.

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quilting

n. a social gathering of women at which quilts are made.

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quilting bee

a social gathering of women at which quilts are made.

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quilting frolic

a social gathering of women at which quilts are made.

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quilting match

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quincajou

n. the wolverine (def. la), a cunning robber of traps and caches, found in most parts of the Canadian forest.

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quinnat 

n. a large salmon, Onchorhynchus tshawytscha, of the Pacific Coast, much valued as a game fish.

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quint

n. See 1905 quote.

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quintal 

1 n. a quantity of fish, especially cod, weighing 112 pounds.

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quintering

n. See quotes.

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QuƩbecquois

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