jan 1, 1662 - quy

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A heifer, or a young cow up to three years old that has not calved. The OED headword is quey, a spelling which has not yet been noted in Yorkshire: 1455 <i>j blake qwy</i>, Bossall (SS30/180); 1485 <i>I will that Elyne Peke have a quye</i>, Ripon (SS64/277); 1559 <i>one quye to be kepte of the cost and charges of my Executors unto ... fully thre yeares olde and upward</i>, Wombwell (FAClvj); 1600 <i>two heffers (als quyes) prassed to £3 6s 8d</i>, Marrick (YRS152/358); 1616 <i>6 quhyes bought whereof the biggest tow branded cost £4 5s</i>, Brandsby (NYRO44/126); 1662 <i>Thomas Brockhole ... bred att Thorne a redd quy with a little white under her belly which will bee att Christmas next about three yeares old ... will calve ... he verily believes about tenne daies hence</i> (QS1).

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