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单词 queal
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quealv.

Brit. /kwiːl/, U.S. /kwil/
Forms: 1500s 1700s– queel, 1500s–1600s queal; English regional 1800s queal (Devon), 1800s– quile (Isle of Wight), 1800s– quill (south-western), 1900s– quilly (Devon).
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: quail v.2
Etymology: Variant of quail v.2Recent instances of queel , such as the following, probably show typographical errors for quell v.1:1954 Indiana (Pa.) Evening Gaz. 28 Dec. 7/4 [The dog] barked excitedly while three fire companies queeled the flames.1988 Times (Nexis) 15 Apr. Meeting Liverpool in the final won't queel Wimbledon's enthusiasm.
English regional in later use.
intransitive and transitive = quail v.2 (in various senses).
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > collapse or come to nothing
forworthc1000
folda1250
quailc1450
fruster?a1513
to come to nothing1523
to give out?1523
to fall to the ground?1526
quealc1530
to come to, end in, vanish into, smoke1604
intercide1637
to fall to dirt1670
to go off1740
to fall through1770
to fall apart1833
collapse1838
to run into the sand (also, now less commonly, sands)1872
to blow up1934
to blow out1939
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.)
shendOE
whelvec1000
allayOE
ofdrunkenc1175
quenchc1175
quashc1275
stanchc1315
quella1325
slockena1340
drenchc1374
vanquishc1380
stuffa1387
daunt?a1400
adauntc1400
to put downa1425
overwhelmc1425
overwhelvec1450
quatc1450
slockc1485
suppressa1500
suffocate1526
quealc1530
to trample under foot1530
repress1532
quail1533
suppress1537
infringe1543
revocate1547
whelm1553
queasom1561
knetcha1564
squench1577
restinguish1579
to keep down1581
trample1583
repel1592
accable1602
crush1610
to wrestle down?1611
chokea1616
stranglea1616
stifle1621
smother1632
overpower1646
resuppress1654
strangulate1665
instranglea1670
to choke back, down, in, out1690
to nip or crush in the bud1746
spiflicate1749
squasha1777
to get under1799
burke1835
to stamp out1851
to trample down1853
quelch1864
to sit upon ——1864
squelch1864
smash1865
garrotte1878
scotch1888
douse1916
to drive under1920
stomp1936
stultify1958
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or overwhelm > completely or overthrow > specifically a thing
allayOE
vanquishc1380
breaka1400
quealc1530
quail1533
ruin1585
to wrestle down?1611
to take down1889
to beat down-
c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. M Their matters quealeth, for solde is all iustice.
1550 J. Hooper Ouersight Jonas vii, in Early Writings (1843) 552 He bringeth forth a young tree... But the Lord queeleth it again straightway.
1611 A. Lanyer Salue Deus Rex Iudæorum sig. F4 Iudeth had the powre likewise to queale Proud Holifernes.
1622 W. Yonge Diary 19 Aug. (1848) 63 The wind..quealed all hedges towards the south.
1777–8 R. Wight Horæ Subsecivæ (MS Bodl. Eng. lang. d.66) 349 [Devon] To Queel, pro Quail—flaccescere, to grow more Soft and flabby—Spoken of a Swelling, that begins to abate of Hardness—item to flag & faint away.
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Queal, to faint away. Devon.
1848 A. B. Evans Leicestershire Words 70 Queel, to extinguish: ‘He could not queel the fire’.
1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Quill, to dry up or wither; to part with its sap.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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