squailingn.

Forms: Also 1700s scailing.

Etymology: formed as squailer n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsquailing.

The action of throwing a loaded stick (at a cock or other object).

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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > throwing missiles > stick

squailing1756

1756 B. Martin Misc. Corr. Jan. 229 Cock-scailing, Cock-fighting, Bull-baiting, &c. are of a criminal Nature.

1795 Sporting Mag. 6 157 The custom of squailing at cocks is very prevalent in the part of the country in which I reside [Ipswich].

1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 31 Cock-squailing, a barbarous game, consisting in tying a cock to a stake, and throwing a stick at him from a given distance, so as to destroy the bird.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. (at cited word) Squailing therefore is often very awkwardly performed, because the thing thrown cannot be well directed.

1888 Longman's Mag. XIII. 516 Birds'-nesting, egg-stringing, squailing at birds,..these of course were common.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	squailing
释义	squailingn. Forms: Also 1700s scailing. Etymology: formed as squailer n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsquailing. The action of throwing a loaded stick (at a cock or other object). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > throwing missiles > stick squailing1756 1756 B. Martin Misc. Corr. Jan. 229 Cock-scailing, Cock-fighting, Bull-baiting, &c. are of a criminal Nature. 1795 Sporting Mag. 6 157 The custom of squailing at cocks is very prevalent in the part of the country in which I reside [Ipswich]. 1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 31 Cock-squailing, a barbarous game, consisting in tying a cock to a stake, and throwing a stick at him from a given distance, so as to destroy the bird. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. (at cited word) Squailing therefore is often very awkwardly performed, because the thing thrown cannot be well directed. 1888 Longman's Mag. XIII. 516 Birds'-nesting, egg-stringing, squailing at birds,..these of course were common. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1756
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