Sc. Also 9 qua(a, quah. [Of obscure origin, poss. repr. an earlier *quall: cf. quallmire and the forms cited s.v. QUAGMIRE.] A quag, quagmire. Also Quawmire.
1535. Lyndesay, Satyre, 837 (Laing). Lyk ane quaw myre.
1595. Duncan, App. Etym. (E. D. S.), Vorago, a gulfe, or quaw-myre.
1824. Mactaggart, Gallovid. Encycl., Quakin-quaws—or Quaws, or moving quagmire bogs.
1880. Antrim & Down Gloss., Quaa, quah, a marsh; a quagmire, or shaking bog.
1894. Crockett, Raiders, 167. Green, deceitful ‘quakkin-qua’s,’ covered with a scum that looked like tender young grass.
