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2 v [I]
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: quail 'to curdle' (15-19 centuries), from Latin coagulare; COAGULATE]
literary to be afraid and show it by shaking a little bit or moving back slightly
-synonym shrink shrink quail at
::She quailed visibly at the sight of the prison walls.