English Dictionary

quail

/ˈkweɪ.əl/

verb

(intransitive) To waste away; to fade, to wither / (transitive, now rare) To daunt or frighten (someone) / (intransitive) To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.

The old man quailed away in his bed.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To waste away; to fade, to wither

意味（2）

(transitive, now rare) To daunt or frighten (someone)

But when he meant to quaile and shake the Orbe, / He was as ratling Thunder.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.

Though George had stopped in his sentence, yet, his blood being up, he was not to be cowed by all the generations of Osborne; rallying instantly, he replied to the bullying look of his father, with another so indicative of resolution and defiance, that the elder man quailed in his turn, and looked away.

意味（4）

(intransitive) Of courage, faith, etc.: to slacken, to give way.

Therewith his ſturdie corage ſoone was quayd, / And all his ſences were with ſuddein dread diſmayd.