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Webster 1913 Edition

(skwāl)

Verb.

To throw sticks at cocks; to throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly.

[Prov. Eng.]

Southey.

squail ‎(third-person singular simple present squails, present participle squailing, simple past and past participle squailed)

(intransitive) To throw weighted sticks at small animals; to throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly.
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