The quail album 鵪鶉影集 @25.097396, 121.5165202
From Middle English quaylen, from Middle Dutch queilen, quēlen, from Old Dutch *quelan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwelan, from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną (“to suffer”). Doublet of queal. quail (third-person singular simple present quails, present participle quailing, simple past and past participle quailed)
(intransitive) To waste away; to fade, to wither. [from 15th c.]
(transitive, now rare) To daunt or frighten (someone). [from 16th c.]
(intransitive) To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful. [from 16th c.]
(intransitive) Of courage, faith, etc.: to slacken, to give way. [from 16th c.] quail (plural quails or 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.
(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
(obsolete) A prostitute.
15 сен 2024