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queal

queal

English

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

Etymology

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.

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