A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1623-1662
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(Quakand fever,) Quaquand fewer, Qwaking feaver, n. [Quakand ppl. adj., Quaking ppl. adj.] The name of a fever that causes shivering or trembling; ? ague. —1623 Elgin Rec. II 182.
The quaquand fewer and the trimbling fewer 1662 Criminal Trials III 609.
I forbid the qwaking-feavers … owt of the kneyis
