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Definition of Quail at
1. Verb. Anticipate with dread or anxiety.
Entails: Dread, Fear
Generic synonyms: Anticipate, Look For, Look To
Derivative terms: Apprehender, Apprehension, Apprehension, Apprehensive, Apprehensive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quail At
Literary usage of Quail at
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New General Biographical Dictionary by Hugh James Rose (1853)
"... adversity had sharpened his talents, and without destroying his ardour, had
fortified his caution ; nor did he quail at an undertaking which had just ..."
2. The Codes and Statutes of Oregon: Showing All Laws of a General Nature by Oregon, Charles Byron Bellinger, William Wick Cotton (1902)
"... destroy, or have in possession, except for scientific or breeding purposes,
or to sell or offer for sale, barter, or exchange, any bobwhite quail at any ..."
3. "Forest and Stream" Bird Notes: An Index and Summary of All the by Harry B. Bailey (1881)
"D. x., 26, 503—Carolina Rail taken at sea, 350 miles from land. t verts, MG
ix., 18, 345—A letter giving full account of the Migratory quail at Rutland, ..."
4. Citation and examination of William Shakspeare, Euseby Treen, Joseph Carnaby by Walter Savage Landor (1834)
"I quail at the words natural cause. Be there any such ? " SIR THOMAS. " Youth!
I never thought thee so staid. Thou hast, for these many months, ..."
5. The Dictation Spelling Book by Mary Blanche Rossman, Mary Wilda Mills (1905)
"... from the groves of beech and hickory nuts, and the pensive whistle of the
quail at intervals from the neighboring stubble-fields. 33. Washington Irving. ..."
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