queal

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English quelen, from Old English cwelan (“to die”), from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to sting, pierce”). Related to Middle Dutch quelen, queilen. More at quail.

Verb

queal (third-person singular simple present queals, present participle quealing, simple past and past participle quealed)

  1. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To faint away.

Etymology 2

Verb

queal (third-person singular simple present queals, present participle quealing, simple past and past participle quealed)

  1. Alternative form of quail

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