English-Thai Dictionary

quail

N นก ขนาดเล็ก จำพวก  Coturnix nok-ka-nad-lek

 

quail

VI เสียขวัญ  ใจหาย  กลัว  กลัว มาก  tremble sia-kwan

 

quail at / before

PHRV หมดกำลังใจ  หมดแรง  หมดกำลัง  mod-kam-lang-jai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUAIL

v.i.[Quail, in English, signifies to sink or languish, to curdle, and to crush or quell. ] 1. To sink into dejection; to languish; to fail in spirits. [Little used. ]
2. To fade; to wither. Obs.

 

QUAIL

v.i. To curdle; to coagulate; as milk.

 

QUAIL

v.t.To crush; to depress; to sink; to subdue. [This orthography is obsolete. The word is now written quell. ]

 

QUAIL

n. A bird of the genus Tetrao or grouse kind, or according to Latham's arrangement, of the genus Perdix, in which he comprehends the partridge and quail. In New England, the name is applied to a peculiar species of the perdix, which is called partridge in the middle states, but it is neither the partridge nor quail of Europe.

 

QUAILING

ppr. Failing; languishing. Obs.

 

QUAILING

n.The act of failing in spirit or resolution; decay. Obs.

 

QUAIL-PIPE

n.A pipe or call for alluring quails into a net; a kind of leathern purse in the shape of a pear, partly filled with horse hair, with a whistle at the end.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUAIL

Quail, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Qualled; p. pr. & vb. n. Qualling.] Etym: [AS. cwelan to die, perish; akin to cwalu violent death, D. kwaal pain, G. qual torment, OHG. quelan to suffer torment, Lith. gelti to hurt, gela pain. Cf. Quell. ]

 

1. To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade. [Obs. ] Spenser.

 

2. 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. Longfellow.

 

Syn. -- to cower; flinch; shrink; quake; tremble; blench; succumb; yield.

 

QUAIL

Quail, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Quell. ]

 

Defn: To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue. [Obs. ] Spenser.

 

QUAIL

Quail, v. i. Etym: [OF. coaillier, F. cailler, from L. coagulare. See Coagulate. ]

 

Defn: To curdle; to coagulate, as milk. [Obs. ] Holland.

 

QUAIL

Quail, n. Etym: [OF. quaille, F. caille, LL. quaquila, qualia, qualea, of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. kwakkel, kwartel, OHG. wahtala, G. wachtel. ]

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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 ).

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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 ).

 

3. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail (Turnix varius ). See Turnix.

 

4. A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird. [Obs. ] Shak. Bustard quail (Zoöl.), a small Asiatic quail-like bird of the genus Turnix, as T. taigoor, a black-breasted species, and the hill bustard quail (T. ocellatus ). See Turnix. -- Button quail (Zoöl.), one of several small Asiatic species of Turnix, as T. Sykesii, which is said to be the smallest game bird of India. -- Mountain quail. See under Mountain. -- Quail call, a call or pipe for alluring quails into a net or within range. -- Quail dove (Zoöl.), any one of several American ground pigeons belonging to Geotrygon and allied genera. -- Quail hawk (Zoöl.), the New Zealand sparrow hawk (Hieracidea Novæ -Hollandiæ ). -- Quail pipe. See Quail call, above. -- Quail snipe (Zoöl.), the dowitcher, or red-breasted snipe; --called also robin snipe, and brown snipe. -- Sea quail (Zoöl.), the turnstone. [Local, U. S.]

 

QUAILY

Quail "y, n. Etym: [Cf. Quail the bird. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The upland plover. [Canadian ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

quail

quail 1 |kwāl kweɪl | ▶noun ( pl. same or quails ) 1 a small, short-tailed Old World game bird resembling a small partridge, typically having brown camouflaged plumage. [Family Phasianidae: three genera, in particular Coturnix, and several species, e.g., the widespread migratory common quail (C. coturnix ).] 2 a small or medium-sized New World game bird, the male of which has distinctive facial markings. [Family Phasianidae (or Odontophoridae ): several genera and many species, including the bobwhite and the Gambel's quail (Callipepla gambelii ) of the southwestern US. ] ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French quaille, from medieval Latin coacula (probably imitative of its call ).

 

quail

quail 2 |kweɪl kwāl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] feel or show fear or apprehension: she quailed at his heartless words. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘waste away, come to nothing ’): of unknown origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

quail

quail 1 |kweɪl | ▶noun ( pl. same or quails ) 1 a small short-tailed Old World game bird resembling a tiny partridge, typically having brown camouflaged plumage. ●Family Phasianidae: three genera, in particular Coturnix, and several species, e.g. the widespread migratory common quail (C. coturnix ). 2 a small or medium-sized New World game bird, the male of which has distinctive facial markings. ●Family Phasianidae (or Odontophoridae ): several genera and many species, including the bobwhite. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French quaille, from medieval Latin coacula (probably imitative of its call ).

 

quail

quail 2 |kweɪl | ▶verb [ no obj. ] feel or show fear or apprehension: she quailed at his heartless words. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘waste away, come to nothing ’): of unknown origin.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

quail

quail verb the sound of gunfire made us quail: cower, cringe, flinch, shrink, recoil, shy (away ), pull back; shiver, tremble, shake, quake, blench.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

quail

quail verb his supporters quailed at the size of the army ranged against them: cower, cringe, waver, falter, get cold feet; flinch, shrink, recoil, start, shy (away ), pull back, back away, draw back; shudder, shiver, tremble, shake, quake, blench, blanch.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

quail

quail 1 /kweɪl /名詞 複 ～s, ～〘鳥 〙C ウズラ (の類 ); U ウズラの肉 (!高価でぜいたくなイメージを持つ ) .

 

quail

quail 2 動詞 自動詞 ｟文 ｠ «…に » おじけづく, たじろぐ, ぞっとする «at /before » .