Quail: alternatives and connections

The common quail of North America (Colinus, or Ortyx, Virginianus); -- so called from its note.

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Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus Perdix and several related genera of the family Perdicidae, of the Old World. Th…

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.

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To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shr…

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To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shr…

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To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.

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To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.

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A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies.

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To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to f…

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To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shr…

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An offensive smell; a stench.

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To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.

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To wrinkle, bend, or curl; to shrivel; hence, to contract into a less extent or compass; to gather together; to become compacted.

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A small arch thrown across the corner of a square room to support a superimposed mass, as where an octagonal spire or drum rests upon a square tower;…

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To shrink, as from a blow, or from pain; to flinch; to start back.

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