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Queuʹbus

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The equinoctial of Queubus. This line has Utopia on one side and Medamʹothi on the other. It was discovered on the Greek Kalends by Outis after his escape from the giant’s cave, and is ninety-one degrees from the poles.

“Thou wast in very gracious fooling last night, when thou spokest of Pigrogromʹitus, the Vapians passing the equinoctial of Queuʹbus. ʹTwas very good, iʹ faith.”—Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, ii. 3.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Querelle dAllemand
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Questa Cortesissima (Italian)
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Question
Questionists
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Queue
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Qui-Tam
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