verb
definition
To waste away; to fade, to wither
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To daunt or frighten (someone)
definition
To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.
definition
Of courage, faith, etc.: to slacken, to give way.
Examples of quail in a Sentence
A quail punctuated her statement with its crisp call.
Somewhere in the distance a Bob-White quail called.
The quail lays fifteen or twenty eggs and they are white.
The servants were a little discouraged, but soon they brought in a great tray containing two dozen nicely roasted quail on toast.
Many visitors are attracted by the fishing (especially for tarpon) and shooting in the vicinity, water-fowl being plentiful in the Bay, and deer, quail and wild turkeys being found in the vicinity inland.
Pigeons, partridges, quail, plover, duck, teal, sheldrake, widgeon - all of many varieties - complete the list of small game.
The Japanese pheasant and the California quail have increased in numbers under the protection of the state.
They did not quail in the hour of peril.
The 78-year-old was sprayed with shotgun pellets during a quail hunting trip.
Of game-birds the most plentiful are sandgrouse, quail (a bird of passage) and snipe.
Among the more common species of game are squirrels, opossums, musk-rats, rabbits, racoons, wild turkeys, ", partridges" (quail, or Bob White), geese, and ducks; deer, black bears, grey (or timber) wolves, black wolves and "wild cats" (lynx), once common, have become rare.
Among the larger birds are cranes, herons, the ibis, storks, eagles, vultures, falcons, hawks, kites, owls, the secretary birds, pelicans, flamingoes, wild duck and geese, gulls, and of game birds, the paauw, koraan, pheasant, partridge, guinea fowl and quail.
Flights of quail and turtle doves, as well as teal and ducks, stay long enough to afford sport.
Rabbits, squirrels, raccoons, woodcock and quail are also common game.
The known fauna comprise boars, bears, deer, swans, geese, pheasants and quail.
The game birds include quail ("Bob White") and partridges.
The principal varieties of game-birds are ducks, geese, grouse and California quail.
On one occasion Indra got at the soma by assuming the shape of a quail.
Among the birds of the island are the eagle, hawk, petrel, owl, finch, peewit, diamond bird, fire-tail, robin, emu-wren, crow, swallow, magpie, blackcap, goatsucker, quail, ground dove, parrot, lark, mountain thrush, cuckoo, wattlebird, whistling duck, honeybird, Cape Barren goose, penguin duck, waterhen, snipe, albatross and laughing jackass.
Meat mains include interesting offerings such as minced lamb with parsley, pine kernels & onions or whole quail seasoned with coriander.
The whole family is known as the Galliformes and also includes partridges, quail, grouse and even turkeys.
This description refers to the normal Coturnix laying quail.
The track was dark and shady, and free of vegetation, and looked perfect for quail doves.
Bobwhite quail is an American variety of quail named after its calling note.
If you head out to visit Lynmar, you'll notice the breathtaking views of the Laguna out to the east and the vineyards of Quail Hill heading up toward the winery from the tasting room.
Wine and Spirits recently gave the 2003 Quail Cuvee Pinot Noir 94 points and just last week the San Francisco Chronicle wrote an article about the 2004 Pinot being worth trying.
We chose chargrilled leeks with poached egg and mustard sauce and marinated roasted quail with salad.
Today I will have a quail or a piece of chicken or some cold lamb.
He sent a wind and it brought quail from the sea.
The LC of the pigeon are longer than those of the domestic fowl or Japanese quail.
The Chinese Painted quail is probably the most widely kept of the ornamental aviary breeds.
My first ever pinky roast quail was so good it will not be my last.
Will compliment fish in rich sauces, pasta and white meat such as pork loin with an apricot stuffing, quail or goose.
There are also two species of owl, three species of sea-mew, the stockdove, quail, raven, magpie, chaffinch, goldfinch, blackcap, canary, titmouse, blackbird, house-swallow, &c. As to the insects, mention may be made of a species of gnat or mosquito which is sometimes troublesome, especially to strangers.
The third time, the man brought a quail.
I recommend stuffed quail - SUPERB and delicious chocolate spring rolls for a nice finish !
Do not you quail at the thought of the danger to which you exposed yourself?
Now, at last, quail egg capsules have reached the UK.
Gladstone, the truculent old man, will quail before the pointing finger of revenge.
Choosing from the A la Carte section I started with the Quail with a vinaigrette salad and foie gras at 85 francs.
Meat and Poultry - A moderate intake of chicken, guinea fowl and quail are the perfect enhancements to most meals.
The Wetlands Canine formula with roasted fowl contains roasted quail, duck and turkey.
Lynn and his family purchased the Quail Hill Ranch, where the winery is located today, back in 1980 and planted grapes.
The noise is not a major problem for stand hunters or for some types of organized shoots, such as quail hunts.
A fig stuffed quail costs $14 and duck served two ways costs $25.
Among land birds may be enumerated several varieties of eagle, vulture, falcon, owl, crow, jay, magpie, stork, quail, thrush, dove, &c. Pheasants are easily acclimatized; grouse and woodcock are indigenous on the uplands of the north; partridges, in all districts.
One such idea is to re-enact medieval banquets, serving dishes such as wild boar, quail, pork hock and lamb shank.
The menu features pan-roasted trout filet, sauteed mussels, grilled semi-boneless quail and roasted natural chicken.
The name of the island, Ortygia (6prv, a quail), has, again, been held to point to the possible existence of an Aetolian settlement on the island before Archias came.
Some of its characteristic mammals and birds are the long-eared desert fox, four-toed kangaroo rats, Sonoran pocket mice, big-eared and tiny white-haired bats, road runner, cactus wren, canyon wren, desert thrashers, hooded oriole, black-throated desert sparrow, Texas night-hawk and Gambels quail.