QUAIL
\kwˈe͡ɪl], \kwˈeɪl], \k_w_ˈeɪ_l]\
Definitions of QUAIL
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Princeton University
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To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade.
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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.
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To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.
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To curdle; to coagulate, as milk.
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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).
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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).
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Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail (Turnix varius). See Turnix.
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A prostitute; - so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
By Oddity Software
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To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade.
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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.
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To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.
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To curdle; to coagulate, as milk.
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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).
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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).
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Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail (Turnix varius). See Turnix.
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A prostitute; - so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To cower: to fail in spirit.
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A migratory bird like the partridge, found in every country from the Cape of Good Hope to the North Cape.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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