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Quist vs Quirt - What's the difference?

quist | quirt |

As nouns the difference between quist and quirt

is that quist is (midlands) the woodpigeon, columba palumbus while quirt is a rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.

As a verb quirt is

to strike with a quirt.

quist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Midlands) the woodpigeon, Columba palumbus .

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    quirt

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rawhide whip plaited with two thongs of buffalo hide.
  • *about 1900 , O. Henry,
  • *:He sprang into the saddle easily as a bird, got the quirt from the horn, and gave his pony a slash with it.
  • *
    • He paused a moment and flicked a sage-brush with his quirt .
  • * 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter I:
  • * 1973 , (Kyril Bonfiglioli), Don't Point That Thing at Me , Penguin (2001), page 96:
  • *:She raised the handle of her beautiful quirt to her eyes and scanned the Western horizon.
  • * 1994 , (Cormac McCarthy), The Crossing :
    • He rode his horse with the reins tied and he wore a pistol at his belt and a plain flatcrowned hat of a type no longer much seen in that country and he wore tooled boots to his knees and carried a quirt .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To strike with a quirt.