单词 | quek |
释义 | † quekn. Obsolete (historical in later use). A game played on a chequerboard; (also) the board itself. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > chessboard exchequera1300 chess1303 chequerc1330 quek1376 tablerc1380 chessboard1474 tablier1474 chequerboard1597 chess-table1862 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > other board games > [noun] > others quek1376 quek-board1477 draughtsc1540 goose1597 mancala1687 pachisi1801 Chinese chequers1840 go1840 shogi1858 wari1866 wei ch'i1871 gobang1875 crokinole1885 Kono1895 salta1901 Snakes and Ladders1907 pegity1925 oware1929 monopoly1934 Scrabble1950 morabaraba1953 Chutes and Ladders1955 pentominos1975 Trivial Pursuit1982 1376 in H. T. Riley Memorials London (1868) 395 [A pair of tables, on the outside of which was painted a chequer-board, that is called a] quek..[The complainants played with the defendant at] quek. a1449 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) ii. 101 Yong peple..within the saide cloistre have exercised unlawfull games as the toppe, queke, penny prykke. c1450 (c1400) Bk. Vices & Virtues (Huntington) (1942) 41 (MED) Þe tenþe braunche of couetise is in euele pleyes, as at þe tables and þe quek and hasard. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 11198 Rede..On thyng that ys nat worth a lek, Pleye at the keyles & the quek. Compounds quek-board n. [after Middle Dutch quaecbort (Dutch kweekbord, kwaakbord, now historical); compare Middle Low German quēkebret, quēkbret] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > other board games > [noun] > others quek1376 quek-board1477 draughtsc1540 goose1597 mancala1687 pachisi1801 Chinese chequers1840 go1840 shogi1858 wari1866 wei ch'i1871 gobang1875 crokinole1885 Kono1895 salta1901 Snakes and Ladders1907 pegity1925 oware1929 monopoly1934 Scrabble1950 morabaraba1953 Chutes and Ladders1955 pentominos1975 Trivial Pursuit1982 1477 Rolls of Parl. VI. 188/1 Dyvers newe ymagyned Pleys, called Closshe, Keyles, half Bowle, Handyn and Handowte, and Quekeborde. 1527 Statutes Prohemium Iohannis Rastell (new ed.) f. clxxv Noo gouerner of howse tenement or gardein suffer wyllylngly any person to occupy to plaie at the classh keyles halfe bowle..or quekbourd vppon payn of imprisonment. 1672 T. Manley Νομοθετης: Cowell's Interpreter sig. Hhh2v1 Quecbord,..a kind of Game prohibited by the same Statute, perchance the same with that we now call Shovelboard; And it may be Quecborde quasi Quickbord, because the pieces wherewith they play run upon the Table with great celerity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1376 |
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