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quatrefoil:  An ornamental form that has four lobes or parts.  It may resemble a four-petaled flower.
Queen Anne style: These typically have steep, irregular shaped roofs with multiple gables and dormers. Some have towers and turrets. Several wall textures utilizing shingle, clapboards, brick & stone appear on exterior surfaces. There are usually multiple bays & porches.
Queen Anne Revival:  A late Victorian revival of an 18th century style influenced by the tall ornate houses of Dutch merchants.  The style is typified by irregular and unsymmetrical facades and prominent gables.
quoin:  A corner stone—on the outside corner of a building which is usually differentiated from adjoining walls by material, texture, color, size or projection.