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Noah Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
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1828 Definition
QUAIL, v.i. [Quail, in English, signifies to sink or languish, to curdle, and to crush or quell.]
QUAIL, v.i.
QUAIL, v.t. To crush; to depress; to sink; to subdue. [This orthography is obsolete. The word is now written quell.]
QUAIL, n.
1913 Definition
To
die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade.
[Obs.]
Spenser. 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.
The atheist power shall quail, and confess his
fears. I. Taylor. Syn. -- to cower; flinch; shrink; quake; tremble; blench; succumb; yield. To
cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.
[Obs.] Spenser. To curdle; to coagulate, as milk.
[Obs.]
Holland. 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).
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).
Any one of numerous
species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the
Australian painted quail (Turnix varius). See
Turnix.
A prostitute; -- so called because the
quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Bustard quail (Zoöl.), a small Asiatic quail-like bird of the genus Turnix, as T. taigoor, a black-breasted species, and the hill bustard quail (T. ocellatus). See Turnix. -- Button quail (Zoöl.), one of several small Asiatic species of Turnix, as T. Sykesii, which is said to be the smallest game bird of India. -- Mountain quail. See under Mountain. -- Quail call, a call or pipe for alluring quails into a net or within range. -- Quail dove (Zoöl.), any one of several American ground pigeons belonging to Geotrygon and allied genera. -- Quail hawk (Zoöl.), the New Zealand sparrow hawk (Hieracidea Novæ-Hollandiæ). -- Quail pipe. See Quail call, above. -- Quail snipe (Zoöl.), the dowitcher, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also robin snipe, and brown snipe. -- Sea quail (Zoöl.), the turnstone. [Local, U. S.] | ||||||||
