| 释义 |
queal, queel, v. Obs. exc. dial.|kwiːl|
[Later form of quail v.; for the change of vowel, cf. queasy.]
intr. and trans. = quail v.
1515Barclay Egloges ii. (1570) B v, Their matters quealeth, for solde is all Justice. 1550Hooper Serm. Jonas vii. Wks. (Parker Soc.) 552 He bringeth forth a young tree... But the Lord queeleth it again straightway. 1622W. Yonge Diary 19 Aug. (Camden) 63 The wind..quealed all hedges towards the south. 1847–78Halliwell, Queal, to faint away. Devon. Ibid., Queel, to grow flabby. Devon. 1848A. B. Evans Leicestersh. Words, Queel, to extinguish: ‘He could not queel the fire’. |