Queane

Full definition of queane

Noun

1. Archaic spelling of quean
• 1504, Nicholas Udall, Roister Doister Chapter , Downe with this litle queane, that hath at me such spite, Saue you from hir maister, it is a very sprite.
• 1566, William Adlington, The Golden Asse Chapter , You shall finde it no otherwise my sister, but that either this cursed queane hath invented a great lie, or else that she never saw the shape of her husband.