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Quail
v. i.
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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.
Quail
v. t.
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To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.
Quail
v. i.
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To curdle; to coagulate, as milk.
Quail
n.
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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).
Quail
n.
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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).
Quaint
a.
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Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily.
Quaint
a.
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Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat.
Quaint
a.
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Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression.
Quaintise
n.
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Craft; subtlety; cunning.
Quaintly
adv.
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In a quaint manner.
Quaintness
n.
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The quality of being quaint.
Quair
n.
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A quire; a book.
Quaked
imp. & p. p.
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Quaking
p. pr. & vb. n.
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Quake
v. i.
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To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble.
Quake
v. i.
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To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake.
Quake
n.
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A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.
Quaker
n.
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One who quakes.
Quaker
n.
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One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers, originally, in derision. See Friend, n., 4.
Quaker
n.
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The nankeen bird.
Quaker
n.
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The sooty albatross.
Quaker
n.
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Any grasshopper or locust of the genus (Edipoda; -- so called from the quaking noise made during flight.
Quakeress
n.
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A woman who is a member of the Society of Friends.
Quakerish
a.
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Like or pertaining to a Quaker; Quakerlike.
Quakerism
n.
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The peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the Quakers.
Quakerlike
a.
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Like a Quaker.
Quakerly
a.
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Resembling Quakers; Quakerlike; Quakerish.
Quakery
n.
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Quakerism.
Quaketail
n.
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A wagtail.
Quakness
n.
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The state of being quaky; liability to quake.