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SQUAIL Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
ˈskwā(ə)l. intransitive verb. dialectal, chiefly British : to throw a weighted stick (as at a bird or fruit on a tree)
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SQUAIL definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
noun dialect a stick that has been specially weighted to use as a missile for throwing at something.
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squail, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun squail. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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squail
▪ I. squail, n. (skweɪl) [Of doubtful origin: cf. squail v.2 and skayles.] 1. pl. The game of ninepins; skittles. s.w. dial.1847 in Halliwell (Somerset). 1883, 1888 in Hampshire and Somerset glossaries. 2. pl. A table-game in which counters or disks are propelled towards some mark by snapping. App. ...
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SQUAILS Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SQUAILS is a game in which disks are driven or snapped from the edge of a table or board at a mark in the center.
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squail - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Verb · (intransitive, historical) To throw weighted sticks at small animals. · To throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly. · December 28 1821, Robert ...
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squoyle
squoyle Local var. of squail n. 3.1863 Wise New Forest xvi. 182 Squoyle in the New Forest..properly signifies a short stick loaded at one end with lead,..and is distinguished from a ‘snog’, which is only weighted with wood. 1865 Tylor Early Hist. Man. vii. 186 The throwing cudgel, or, as a Hampshire...
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squail, v.¹ meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
This word is now obsolete. It is only recorded in the early 1500s. Entry status. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve ...
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"SQUAIL": Squeeze and wail simultaneously, usually loudly - OneLook
verb: (intransitive, historical) To throw weighted sticks at small animals. verb: To throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly.
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squail - definition and meaning - Wordnik
noun plural A game in which disks or counters are driven by snapping them from the edge of a round board or table at a mark in the center.
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Squail - Non-alien Creatures Wiki - Fandom
The Squail is a squirrel quail hybrid from the Green Eggs and Ham series. Advertisement. Advertisement. More Information. Comments (0). Start a conversation.
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bannut
ˈbannut dial. Forms: 5 bannenote, 6 banocke, 9 bannet, 7– bannut. [f. ban, banne, of unknown meaning + nut.] A walnut; but in an early vocabulary applied to the filbert.c 1450 in Wr.-Wülcker Voc. /629 Auelana, bannenote-tre. 1542 Boorde Dyetary xxi. 283 The walnut and the banocke be of one operacyon...
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sweal
▪ I. sweal, swale, n. dial. (swiːl, sweɪl) Also swaile, sweel. [f. next.] A blaze, flame; the guttering of a candle.1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. (E.D.S.) Swaile, Sweal, a flame. 1878 Cumbld. Gloss., Sweel..the melting of a lighted candle in a draught. 1882 Lanc. Gloss., Sweel, a great...
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urge
▪ I. urge, n. (ɜːdʒ) [f. next.] The action of urging or fact of being urged or prompted; an impelling motive, force, pressure, etc. In frequent use from c 1910.a 1618 Sylvester Forgive us our Trespasses xxvii, O may it please thy heavenly grace,..That we may pray without all urge; Forgive us, Lord, ...
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