Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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