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What does the word quail mean?

Part of speech: verb intransitive

To shrink from facing trial or pain; cower; lose heart.

Part of speech: noun

A small game- bird.

Part of speech: noun

A small game- bird; a bob white or the like.

Usage examples for quail

" Dress these quail," grunted Enoch. – The Enchanted Canyon by HonorÃ© Willsie Morrow
It's quail he's after, I believe. – In the Wilderness by Robert Hichens
The duke raised his dark, penetrating eyes to those of Hastings, which did not quail; for here world- genius encountered world- genius, and art, art. – The Last Of The Barons, Complete by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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