2. Verb. (third-person singular of quail) ¹
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Definition of Quails
1. quail [v] - See also: quail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quails
Literary usage of Quails
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1888)
"Virginia: Shooting of quails allowed west of t h« Blue Ridge October 15 to January 1,
... Texas: Shooting of quails allowed from October 1 to April 1. ..."
2. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"DUCKS AND quails IN FLORIDAN HB ALLEN. After a lapse of 6 months without any
shooting, Jake and I became restless, and longed lor another Florida outing. ..."
3. Fatigue by Angelo Mosso (1904)
"Just before dawn I heard shots, and some quails appeared flying very quickly ...
It is said that quails sometimes allow themselves to be caught by the hand, ..."
4. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1896)
"TWO HOURS WITH THE quails. On an October afternoon the doctor asked me if it
would not be well to try the quails the next day. We had been told of a covey ..."
5. Lares and Penates, Or, Cilicia and Its Governors: Being a Short Historical by William Burckhardt Barker (1853)
"GAME BIRDS—MANNER OF TAKING quails—MANNER OF TAKING FRANCOLIN AND ... About ten
o'clock, the Arab knows that all the quails have repaired under his ..."
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