the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
conjunction. In so far as; in the capacity or character of; as.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
An old Scotch form of who.
As being; so far as.
n. A jail; quod.
Word Usage
"The croak of the great blue heron sounded again; then far away, mysterious and spirit-like, floated a soft _qua, qua, qua_ -- the cry of the least bittern out of the heart of the swamp."