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Webster 1913 Edition


Quade

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Adj.
[Akin to AS.
cwǣd
,
cwead
, dung, evil, G.
kot
, dung, OHG.
quāt
.]
Evil; bad; baffling;
as, a
quade
wind
.
[Obs.]
Sooth play,
quad
play, as the Fleming saith.
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


quade

quade

English

Adjective

quade (comparative more quade, superlative most quade)

  1. Alternative form of quede
    • Late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
      But sooth play quade play, as the Fleming saith.
    • 1669, Samuel Sturmy, The mariner's magazine (page 18)
      A bad quade Wind.