E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Queu’bus.
The equinoctial of Queubus. This line has Utopia on one side and Medam’othi on the other. It was discovered on the Greek Kalends by Outis after his escape from the giant’s cave, and is ninety-one degrees from the poles.
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“Thou wast in very gracious fooling last night, when thou spokest of Pigrogrom’itus, the Vapians passing the equinoctial of Queu’bus. ’Twas very good, i’ faith.”—Shakespeare: Twelfth Night, ii. 3.
