Quail

[kweɪl] or [kwel]

Definition

(noun.) small gallinaceous game birds.

(noun.) flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised.

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Definition

(v. i.) To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade.

(v. i.) To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.

(v. t.) To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.

(v. i.) To curdle; to coagulate, as milk.

(n.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail (C. communis), the rain quail (C. Coromandelica) of India, the stubble quail (C. pectoralis), and the Australian swamp quail (Synoicus australis).

(n.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, and Maryland quail), and the California quail (Calipepla Californica).

(n.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail (Turnix varius). See Turnix.

(n.) A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.

Checker: Victoria

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. Cower, shrink, flinch, faint, blench, quake, tremble, be quelled, give way, lose courage, lose spirits, be cast down.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Sink, shrink, cower, succumb, crouch, flinch, blench, tremble

ANT:Stand, defy, withstand, face, endure

Edited by Elise

Definition

v.i. to cower: to fail in spirit: (Shak.) to slacken.—v.t. to subdue: to terrify.—n. Quail′ing (Shak.) act of one who quails: a failing in courage.

n. a small gallinaceous bird related to the partridge family: (Shak.) a whore.—ns. Quail′-call -pipe a call for alluring quails into a net.

Editor: Rebekah