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quail-pipe
quail-pipe [f. quail n. + pipe.] 1. A pipe or whistle on which the note of the quail (usually the female) can be imitated, in order to lure the birds into a net; a quail-call. Also used allusively, or fig. For a full description of the calls used to imitate the notes of the cock and hen, see Encycl.... Oxford English Dictionary
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quail
▪ I. quail, n. (kweɪl) Forms: 4 quaille, 4–5 quaylle, 4–6 quayle, 4–7 quaile, 5 qwayle, qwyle, 6 quale, Sc. qua(i)lȝe, (7 -ȝie), 6– quail. [a. OF. quaille (F. caille) = Prov. calha, It. quaglia, OSp. coalla, med.L. qualia, qualea and quaquila, quacula; the source is prob. Teutonic, cf. MDu., MLG. qu... Oxford English Dictionary
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