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Definition of Quailed
1. quail [v] - See also: quail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quailed
Literary usage of Quailed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"Awkward and dumb with delight, that a thought of him had been mingled 70 Stouter
hearts than a woman's have quailed in this terrible winter. ..."
2. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"Whatever opinion may be formed regarding the manner of his death, there can be
only one regarding its effects ; the Protestant faith, which had quailed ..."
3. A Memoir of Robert C. Winthrop by Robert Charles Winthrop (1897)
"If I ' quailed,' as he says, ' before the slave power,' surely I was an improper
person to be intrusted with his ' banner.' Aside from this, it is a figure ..."
4. Memoirs and Correspondence of Major-General Sir William Nott by William Nott, Joachim Hayward Stocqueler (1854)
"... quailed before its effulgence. Rawlinson no longer desired the retention of
the 42nd.* * Nott's anxiety to have the 12nd, aud his generous appreciation ..."
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