squail

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eɪl === Verb === squail (third-person singular simple present squails, present participle squailing, simple past and past participle squailed) (intransitive, historical) To throw weighted sticks at small animals, usually cockerels, played as a game. To throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly. December 28 1821, Robert Southey, letter VIII - Recollections of Corston Continued The boys were employed also to squail at the bannets ==== Related terms ==== cocksquailing, squailing squailer === Noun === squail (plural squails) A disc or counter used in the game of squails. === References === “squail”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === quails