a. Obs. rare. Also 5 quauie, qwauy. [f. QUAVE v. + -Y1.] Soft, flabby.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., IV. ix. (Tollem. MS.). Dull of witte … nesche of flesche and quauy. Ibid., VI. iv. (1495), 191. The chyldes flesshe that is newe borne is tendre, nesshe, qwauy and vnsadde.
