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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.
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Slacken

To make or become slower; slow down
The runners slackened their pace. Air speed slackened.
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Quail

Any of various primarily ground-dwelling birds of the genus Coturnix, especially C. coturnix, small in size and having mottled brown plumage and a short tail. Also called coturnix.
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Slacken

To make or become less tense, taut, or firm; loosen
I slackened the line to let the fish swim. The sail's sheet slackened as the wind died.
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Quail

Any of various similar or related birds of the Americas, such as the bobwhite or the California quail.
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Slacken

To make or become less vigorous, intense, or severe; ease
Slacken discipline.
Afraid that morale might slacken.
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Quail

To shrink back in fear; cower.
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Slacken

(intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.
The pace slackened.
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Quail

(intransitive) To waste away; to fade, to wither.
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Slacken

(transitive) To make slack, less taut, or less intense.
Slacken the rope
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Quail

To daunt or frighten (someone).
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Slacken

To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.
To slacken lime
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Quail

(intransitive) To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.
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Slacken

A spongy, semivitrifled substance which miners or smelters mix with the ores of metals to prevent their fusion.
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Quail

(intransitive) Of courage, faith, etc.: to slacken, to give way.
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Slacken

Become slow or slower;
Production slowed
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Quail

(obsolete) To curdle or coagulate, as milk does.
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Slacken

Make less active or fast;
He slackened his pace as he got tired
Don't relax your efforts now
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Quail

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.
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Slacken

Become looser or slack;
The rope slackened
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Quail

(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
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Slacken

Make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
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Quail

(obsolete) A prostitute, so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
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Quail

To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade.
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Quail

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.
The atheist power shall quail, and confess his fears. I. Taylor.Stouter hearts than a woman's have quailed in this terrible winter.
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Quail

To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.
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Quail

To curdle; to coagulate, as milk.
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Quail

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).
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Quail

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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Quail

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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Quail

A prostitute; - so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
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Quail

Flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised
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Quail

Small gallinaceous game birds
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Quail

Draw back, as with fear or pain;
She flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
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