Definition of squail Squail
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What does squail mean?
Wiktionary 
- squail (Verb)
To throw weighted sticks at small animals; to throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary ๐
- squail (v. i.)
To throw sticls at cocks; to throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary ๐
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squail
skwฤl, n. a disc or counter used in the game of squails: (pl.) a parlour-game in which small discs are snapped from the edge of the table to a centre mark called the process: the game of ninepins.โv.i. to throw a stick, &c., at any object.โv.t. to pelt with sticks, &c.โn. Squailโฒer, a throwing-stick. [A variant of kail.]
