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US
/ˈkweɪɫ/
]
[ UK /kwˈeɪl/ ]
[ UK /kwˈeɪl/ ]
NOUN
- flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised
- small gallinaceous game birds
VERB
-
draw back, as with fear or pain
she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf
How To Use quail In A Sentence
- It's like quail hunting: A short, light 20-gauge gun is faster than a big, heavy 12 in covering a covey rise.
- The driving force behind a great organization is to never forget the passion and principles we all support in habitat work for the wild quail and all upland game. Quail Unlimited Implodes
- In hunting for quail, it is called neophyte, sophomoric, ticketing, hunting accident. Bringing the Spirit of a Vietnam Vet up to Speed on Iraq
- Restrictions and slaughter provisions apply to domestic fowls, turkeys, geese, ducks, guinea fowls, quail, ratites, pigeons, pheasants and partridges reared or kept in captivity.
- The town has another curiosity - the farm shop, which has ballooned into Britain's poshest supermarket, complete with wicker trugs instead of shopping trolleys and quails' eggs by the dozen.
- Does that mean that a man is a better machine for running than a quail, or a chipmunk or mouse?
- Hard boil the fresh quails' eggs for 3min, cool slightly and shell. 2.
- A pressé of chicken livers and foie gras was followed by a bowl of outstandingly smooth velouté of ceps with a poached quail's egg.
- Charlie quailed at the sound of his mother's angry voice.
- A deer was said to be broken, a cony unlaced, a pheasant, partridge, or quail winged, a pigeon or a woodcock thighed, a plover minced, a mallard unbraced. Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine