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Quail

speaker
speaker

Meaning

Verb

To
; to
, to wither.
To
or
(someone).
To
or
; to be
or fearful.
Of
,
, etc.: to
, to give way.
To
or
, as
does.

Noun

In Fowls & People:
Any of various small
of the
Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.
The
from this
as food.
In Prostitution:
A prostitute.

Name

A
from Scottish Gaelic.
Sourced from
Wiktionary

Origin

quail
English
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quaille
Middle English (1100-1500)
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quaille
Anglo-Norman
Sourced from
Etym
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