Worcester gives the following: "?? Qu?“se, _v. a._, to search after.
_Milton_." [obsolete ?“ long, s like z.] Qu?•st, _v. n._, to join search.
_B. Jonson_. ?? Qu?•ster, _n._, a seeker. _Rowe_.
Is it not allowable to derive from one of these words Qu?“sing, or
Qu?•sting, pronounced Qweesting, and from the other Qu?•sting [?? short]?
So that he who went _queesting_ was simply _searching after_ a wife,
understood.
[16] These are two very small islands at the opening of the Zuider zee.
[17] From _The Student and Intellectual Observer_, London, November
number, 1868, p. 310, in article by Thomas Wright, F.S.A. Chapter
vii--_Womankind in all Ages of Western Europe_, etc.
[18] _Cottages of the Alps_ (London, 1860), pages 77, 91, 132.
[19] _New Voyage to North America, giving a full Account of the Customs,
Commerce, Religion and Strange Opinions of the Savages of that Country_,
etc., etc. Written by Baron Lahontan, Lord Lieutenant of the French
Colony at _Placentia_, in Newfoundland, now in England. London, 1703.
In describing the amatory customs of the Indians of this country, the
author says (Vol. II, p. 37):
"You must know further, that Two Hours after Sunset the Old
Supperannuated Persons, or Slaves (who never lie in their Masters' Huts)
take care to cover up the Fire before they go.
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