Glossary of Old Terms

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Word/Phrase	Definition	Useage
Quaker	Member of the Religious Society of Friends.	General
Quarantine (Station)	From 1728, some Customs officials - Quarantines - were given the responsibility of watching quarantine hulks anchored offshore to ensure nobody left them before their period of quarantine had expired on arriving from abroad.	UK Occupation
Quarantine	The isolation and restriction placed on the movement of people or animals to prevent the spreading of a dangerous or contagious disease.	Genealogy
Quarrel Picker	Glazier	UK Occupation
Quarrier / Quarry Man	Quarry worker (!)	UK Occupation
Quarrier	Worker in stone quarry	Scot.Occup
Quay Clerk	Clerk who worked at a wharf or quay, and still does so today	UK Occupation
Querry	Groom	UK Occupation
Quiller	Operated machinery winding yarn onto quills or spools A quill is a reed on to which the thread of the weft was wound when weaving cloth. More Info.	UK Occupation
Quilter / Quiltress	Quilted material	UK Occupation
Quine	A young woman (queen) - Aberdeenshire	Scot.Occup
Quinsy	Tonsillitis	Medical
Quister	Bleached articles	UK Occupation
Quitclaim	A deed conveying the interest of the party at that time.	General
Qwylwryghte	Wheelwright	UK Occupation