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qualling

qualling

 

  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quail  \Quail\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Qualled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Qualling}.]  [AS.  cwelan  to  die,  perish;  akin  to  cwalu 
  violent  death,  D.  kwaal  pain,  G.  qual  torment,  OHG.  quelan  to 
  suffer  torment,  Lith.  gelti  to  hurt,  gela  pain.  Cf  {Quell}.] 
  1.  To  die;  to  perish;  hence  to  wither;  to  fade.  [Obs.] 
  --Spenser. 
 
  2.  To  become  quelled;  to  become  cast  down  to  sink  under 
  trial  or  apprehension  of  danger;  to  lose  the  spirit  and 
  power  of  resistance;  to  lose  heart;  to  give  way  to 
  shrink;  to  cower. 
 
  The  atheist  power  shall  quail,  and  confess  his 
  fears.  I.  Taylor.  Stouter  hearts  than  a  woman's  have 
  quailed  in  this  terrible  winter.  --Longfellow. 
 
  Syn:  to  cower;  flinch;  shrink;  quake;  tremble;  blench; 
  succumb;  yield.