quail¹ /kwāl/

1. A genus (Coturnix) of small birds of the partridge family
2. In N America extended to various small game birds, such as the California quail (genus Lophortyx) and the bobwhite
3. A whore (Shakespeare)

quailˈ-pipe noun

1. A whistle for luring quails into a net (also quailˈ-call)
2. The throat (obsolete)

quail² /kwāl/

1. To flinch
2. To fail in spirit
3. To slacken (Shakespeare)
4. To languish, decline (archaic)

1. To subdue
2. To daunt

quailˈing noun (Shakespeare)

• mainmasts
• main memory
• mainor
• mainors
• mainour
• mainours
• mainpernor
• mainpernors
• main plane
• main planes
• mainprise
• mainprises
• main purpose rule
• mains
• mainsail
• mainsails
• main sequence
• mainsheet
• mainsheets
• mainspring
• mainsprings
• mainstay
• mainstays
• main store
• main stores