(a) A judicial inquiry, an inquest, a trial; (b) fals (ivel, wrongful) ~, an inquest initiated without valid cause or resulting in an unjust verdict; (c) comen in (on) ~, gon on (upon) ~, to attend or participate in an inquest; taken ~, undertake to be a member of a jury; taken ~ of, hold a trial or an inquiry regarding (sth.); try (sb.); gangen ~ on, hold a trial of (sb.); (d) ~ of knights, a trial by combat.

In cpds. & combs.: (a) ~ ditour, one who initiates an inquest, an accuser, a plaintiff; ~ ganger, one who attends or participates in an inquest or a trial; (b) ~ mongere, one who profits from an inquest or a trial, esp. by initiating an unjust action or giving false evidence or a false verdict for pay; ~ monging, profiting from an inquest; (c) ~ man, someone who investigates and testifies in connection with a judicial proceeding; an officer of the court; a juryman; ?also, a churchwarden's assistant [see OD Questman n.].

(a) The body of persons serving at an inquest or a trial; a jury; also fig.; (b) a member of a jury.

(a) A body of inquisitors or its verdict; (b) a judgment, decree.

(a) A search; (b) a knightly quest or enterprise; the quest for the Holy Grail; ~ of, a pursuit of or search for (sth.).

A request, an application.

Hunt. (a) A searching after game; the searching of the hounds for the game; also fig.; (b) the baying of the hounds; callen of a ~, of hounds: to bark in a particular manner upon scenting or sighting the quarry, give tongue; (c) in pl.: the varied voices of a choir [during the Middle Ages the baying of hounds was considered pleasant].