queal
English
Etymology 1
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From Middle English quelen, from Old English cwelan (“to die”), from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to sting, pierce”). Related to Middle Dutch quelen, queilen. Doublet of quail.
Verb
queal (third-person singular simple present queals, present participle quealing, simple past and past participle quealed)
- (intransitive, UK dialectal) To faint away.
Etymology 2
Verb
queal (third-person singular simple present queals, present participle quealing, simple past and past participle quealed)
- Alternative form of quail
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