quail

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• Quail

  ·vi To <<Curdle>>; to coagulate, as milk. II. Quail ·noun A prostitute; — so called because the qu...

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• quail

  n. a bird which exists under some formall over the world. The Australian species are – – Black-brea...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Sea quail

  ·- The <<Turnstone>>. ...

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• quail-pipe

  A woman's tongue; also a device to take birds of that name by imitating their call. Quail pipe boots...

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• quail-hawk

  n. name given to the bird Falco, or Harpa novae-zelandiae.See Hawk. 1882. T. H. Potts, `Out in the...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris