quail
IPA: kwˈeɪɫ
noun
- Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.
- (uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
- (obsolete) A prostitute.
- A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
verb
- (intransitive) To waste away; to fade, to wither.
- (transitive, now rare) To daunt or frighten (someone).
- (intransitive) To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.
- (intransitive) Of courage, faith, etc.: to slacken, to give way.
- (obsolete) To curdle or coagulate, as milk does.
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