queane

English

Noun

queane (plural queanes)

1. Archaic spelling of quean.
   • 1504, Nicholas Udall, Roister Doister‎^[1]:

     Downe with this litle queane, that hath at me such spite, Saue you from hir maister, it is a very sprite.

   • 1566, William Adlington, The Golden Asse‎^[2]:

     You shall finde it no otherwise my sister, but that either this cursed queane hath invented a great lie, or else that she never saw the shape of her husband.

   • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 3 p. 42:

     She cals her barren Jade, / Base Queane, and riv’ld Witch […]