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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... Oxford English Dictionary
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▪ 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. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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