"quey" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: queys [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} quey (plural queys)
  1. (Scotland, Northern England) A heifer. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland Categories (lifeform): Cattle, Female animals

Inflected forms

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          "text": "So I sent away the two queys, one of them is pranded and the other plack.^([eye dialect, meaning: branded... black])",
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          "ref": "1878, The Farmer's Magazine, Volume 53: January-June 1878, page 461:",
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