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quail²

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intr.v.
quailed, quail·ing, quails

To shrink back in fear; cower.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English quailen, to give way, probably from Middle Dutch quelen, to suffer, be ill; see g^wel- in Indo-European roots

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