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▪ I. squail, n.|skweɪl|
[Of doubtful origin: cf. squail v.2 and skayles.]
1. pl. The game of ninepins; skittles. s.w. dial.
1847in Halliwell (Somerset). 1883,1888in Hampshire and Somerset glossaries.
2. pl. A table-game in which counters or disks are propelled towards some mark by snapping.
App. introduced in 1857 by Mr. John Jaques, London.
1862Pollock Pers. Remembr. (1887) II. 105 Drank tea with Faradays at Royal Institution, and played at squails. 1865Pall Mall G. 12 June 11 Squails, or some such frivolous game, often serves to banish ennui.
b. A disk or counter used in this game.
1862Calverley Verses & Transl. 16 Or anon..Urge towards the table's centre, With unerring hand, the squail. 1900A. Upward Eben. Lobb 153 An overcoat..with a driver's cape, and eighteen buttons, the size of squails, down the front.
3. = squailer. (See also squoyle.)
1883–in dial. glossaries (Hamps., Berks., Wilts.). 1899Outlook 7 Jan. 714/1.
▪ II. † squail, v.1 Obs.—1
[Imitative: cf. squeal v.]
intr. To make a shrill noise.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 158 b, Not syngynge in y⊇ nose as pygges, nor in the tethe as many women do, ne squaylynge, as maremaydes.
▪ III. squail, v.2 Chiefly dial.
Also 7 squayle, 8– squale, 9 squoil, etc.
[Of obscure origin.]
1. intr. To throw a (loaded) stick or similar missile (at some object).
c1626Dick of Devon ii. iii. in Bullen Old Pl. (1883) II, Not soe much as the leg of a Spanyard left to squayle at their owne appletrees. 1787Grose Prov. Gloss., Squale, to throw a stick as at a cock. 1795in Mrs. Sandford T. Poole & Friends (1888) I. 112 They happened to meet some men carrying a hen up the street with the intention of squalling [sic] at her. 1821Southey Life & Corr. (1849) I. 54 The boys were employed also to squail at the bannets. 1823–in s.w. dial. glossaries (Somerset, Wilts., Dorset, Hamps., Isle of Wight). 1882Jefferies Bevis II. v. 67 In the orchard Bevis and Mark squailed at the pears with short sticks. 1896Westm. Gaz. 2 Dec. 2/1 The Marquis's gamekeepers did not love us, but we squailed in spite of them.
2. trans. To strike or hit by throwing a stick or squailer.
1844W. Barnes Poems Dorset Dial. 143, I squâil'd her, though; an' miade her run. 1884Contemp. Rev. Mar. 343 They ‘squailed’ fowls—that is to say, they tied them to stakes and hurled cudgels at them..on Shrove Tuesday, for a treat.
3. To cast or throw. Also fig.
1876T. Hardy Ethelberta II. 240 These easterly rains..come wi' might enough to squail a man into his grave. |