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Webster 1828 Edition

Quailing

QUA'ILING

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ppr.

Failing; languishing. Obs.

QUA'ILING

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Noun.

The act of failing in spirit or resolution; decay. Obs.

Definition 2024

quailing

quailing

English

Verb

quailing

present participle of quail

Noun

quailing ‎(plural quailings)

The act of one who quails, or draws back in fear.
- 1841, William D. Reider, The new tablet of memory (page 52)
  […] the old man, who had never before known the quailings of fear, was loath in such a tremendous gale to rush, as he considered on certain death.