ˈsquailer Orig. s.w. dial.
[f. prec.]
A loaded stick, esp. used for throwing at small game or apples.
| 1847 in Halliwell. 1879 Jefferies Amateur Poacher iii, For making a ‘squailer’ a tea-cup was the best mould. 1896 Westm. Gaz. 2 Dec. 2/1 We used to use squailers at Marlborough... You held your squailer by the small end. |