Quailverb
(intransitive) To waste away; to fade, to wither
Slackenverb
(intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.
âThe pace slackened.â;
Quailverb
To daunt or frighten (someone)
Slackenverb
(transitive) To make slack, less taut, or less intense.
âslacken the ropeâ;
Quailverb
(intransitive) To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.
Slackenverb
To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.
âto slacken limeâ;
Quailverb
(intransitive) Of courage, faith, etc.: to slacken, to give way.
Slackennoun
A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.
Quailverb
To curdle or coagulate, as milk does.
Slackenverb
become slow or slower;
âProduction slowedâ;
Quailnoun
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.
Slackenverb
make less active or fast;
âHe slackened his pace as he got tiredâ; âDon't relax your efforts nowâ;
Quailnoun
(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
Slackenverb
become looser or slack;
âthe rope slackenedâ;
Quailnoun
(obsolete) A prostitute, so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
Slackenverb
make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
Quailverb
To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade.
Quailverb
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.
âThe atheist power shall quail, and confess his fears. I. Taylor.Stouter hearts than a woman's have quailed in this terrible winter.â;
Quailverb
To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.
Quailverb
To curdle; to coagulate, as milk.
Quailnoun
Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail (Coturnix communis), the rain quail (Coturnix Coromandelica) of India, the stubble quail (Coturnix pectoralis), and the Australian swamp quail (Synoicus australis).
Quailnoun
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).
Quailnoun
Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail (Turnix varius). See Turnix.
Quailnoun
A prostitute; - so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
Quailnoun
flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised
Quailnoun
small gallinaceous game birds
Quailverb
draw back, as with fear or pain;
âshe flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calfâ;
Quail
Quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds generally placed in the order Galliformes. Old World quail are placed in the family Phasianidae, and New World quail are placed in the family Odontophoridae.