Emily Dickinson Lexicon

QUE'RY, n. [from L. quære, imperative of quæro; perhaps Ch. and Heb. הקר, to seek, to search, to inquire; כקר, id.; Ar. قَرَا karau, to follow, to seek. Class Gr, No. 51, 53, 55. The sense is to press on, to follow, to urge.]

A question; an inquiry to be answered or resolved. I will conclude by proposing some queries. – Newton.