Queest

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Queest \Queest\, n. [Cf. Icel. kvisa a kind of bird, kvistr a
     branch of a tree, and E. cushat.] (Zool.)
     The European ringdove ({Columba palumbus}); the cushat.
     [Written also {quist}, {queeze}, {quice}, {queece}.] See
     {Ringdove}.
     [1913 Webster]