Vocabulary : Quail to Quaker

Quail : To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade. ;; To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower. ;; To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue. ;; To curdle; to coagulate, as milk. ;; Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail (C. communis), the rain quail (C. Coromandelica) of India, the stubble quail (C. pectoralis), and the Australian swamp quail (Synoicus australis). ;; Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, and Maryland quail), and the California quail (Calipepla Californica). ;; Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail (Turnix varius). See Turnix. ;; A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was
Quaily : The upland plover.
Quaint : Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily. ;; Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat. ;; Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression.
Quaintise : Craft; subtlety; cunning. ;; Elegance; beauty.
Quaintly : In a quaint manner.
Quaintness : The quality of being quaint.
Quair : A quire; a book.
Quake : To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble. ;; To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake. ;; To cause to quake. ;; A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.
Quaked : of Quake
Quaker : One who quakes. ;; One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers, originally, in derision. See Friend, n., 4. ;; The nankeen bird. ;; The sooty albatross. ;; Any grasshopper or locust of the genus (Edipoda; -- so called from the quaking noise made during flight.
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