Quad(orQuod),subs.(general).—A quadrangle.
1840.Collegian’s Guide, 144. His mother ... had been seen crossing theQUADin tears.
1884.Daily News, Oct. 14, p. 5, col. 1. His undignified nickname is carved in the turf of the collegeQUAD.
Verb(Rugby).—To promenade round Cloisters at calling over before a football-match.
Quarter(The),subs.(Charterhouse).—The quarter bell.
Quarter-marks,subs.(Harrow).—The aggregate of marks for work during the term, as opposed to marks gained inTrials(q.v.).
Quarter of Paper,subs. phr.(Winchester).—A quarter of a sheet of foolscap, on which the Prose and Verse Tasks were always written.—Mansfield(c.1840).Cf.Vessel. Also used at Westminster.
1867.Collins,The Public Schools, p. 165. Besides this, he had to carry with him into school a portfolio containing a sufficiency ofQUARTERNSof paper. All or any of these articles he was supposed to supply, upon requisition, to any boy of the “upper election.”
Quill,verb(Winchester).—To curry favour; to flatter:seeQuilster. Hence (latterly)TO BE QUILLED= to be pleased.Cf.Quiller= a parasite.
Quiller,subs.(Winchester).—A parasite.
Quilster,subs.(Winchester).—A toady; a lickspittle.
Quod,subs.(Felsted).—SeeD. (Appendix).