Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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QUERTY, adj. Also quierty, quirty. Vivacious, active, in good spirits (w.Sc., Dmf. 1825 Jam., querty, quierty); full of fun or mischief (wm.Sc. 1880 Jam., quirty).Rnf. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 233:
I fear the barley bree, An' roving blades sae quirty.Peb. 1793 R. D. C. Brown Carlop Green (1817) 44:
A querty, stuffy, haveril quean, Sae hellicate and blythe.
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