queal

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English quelen, from Old English cwelan (to die), from Proto-West Germanic *kwelan, from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną (to suffer), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (to sting, pierce). Related to Middle Dutch quelen, queilen. Doublet of quail.

Verb

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queal (third-person singular simple present queals, present participle quealing, simple past and past participle quealed)

  1. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To faint away.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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queal (third-person singular simple present queals, present participle quealing, simple past and past participle quealed)

  1. Obsolete form of quail.

Anagrams

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