quill : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   quail
         n 1: flesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young;
               otherwise must be braised
         2: small gallinaceous game birds
         v 1: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they
               showed the slaughtering of the calf" [syn: {flinch},
               {squinch}, {funk}, {cringe}, {shrink}, {wince}, {recoil},
               {quail}]

English Dictionary: quill	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quell v suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion" Synonym(s): squelch, quell, quench overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" Synonym(s): quell, stay, appease
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quill n pen made from a bird's feather Synonym(s): quill, quill pen a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog any of the larger wing or tail feathers of a bird Synonym(s): flight feather, pinion, quill, quill feather the hollow spine of a feather Synonym(s): quill, calamus, shaft
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quail \Quail\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Qualled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Qualling}.] [AS. cwelan to die, perish; akin to cwalu violent death, D. kwaal pain, G. qual torment, OHG. quelan to suffer torment, Lith. gelti to hurt, gela pain. Cf. {Quell}.] 1. To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower. The atheist power shall quail, and confess his fears. I. Taylor. Stouter hearts than a woman's have quailed in this terrible winter. --Longfellow. Syn: to cower; flinch; shrink; quake; tremble; blench; succumb; yield.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quail \Quail\, v. t. [Cf. {Quell}.] To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue. [Obs.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quail \Quail\, v. i. [OF. coaillier, F. cailler, from L. coagulare. See {Coagulate}.] To curdle; to coagulate, as milk. [Obs.] --Holland.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quail \Quail\, n. [OF. quaille, F. caille, LL. quaquila, qualia, qualea, of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. kwakkel, kwartel, OHG. wahtala, G. wachtel.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to {Coturnix} and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail ({C. communis}), the rain quail ({C. Coromandelica}) of India, the stubble quail ({C. pectoralis}), and the Australian swamp quail ({Synoicus australis}). 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to {Colinus}, {Callipepla}, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called {Virginia quail}, and {Maryland quail}), and the California quail ({Calipepla Californica}). 3. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail ({Turnix varius}). See {Turnix}. 4. A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.[Obs.] --Shak. {Bustard quail} (Zo[94]l.), a small Asiatic quail-like bird of the genus Turnix, as {T. taigoor}, a black-breasted species, and the hill bustard quail ({T. ocellatus}). See {Turnix}. {Button quail} (Zo[94]l.), one of several small Asiatic species of Turnix, as {T. Sykesii}, which is said to be the smallest game bird of India. {Mountain quail}. See under {Mountain}. {Quail call}, a call or pipe for alluring quails into a net or within range. {Quail dove} {(Zo[94]l.)}, any one of several American ground pigeons belonging to {Geotrygon} and allied genera. {Quail hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the New Zealand sparrow hawk ({Hieracidea Nov[91]-Hollandi[91]}). {Quail pipe}. See {Quail call}, above. {Quail snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the dowitcher, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also {robin snipe}, and {brown snipe}. {Sea quail} (Zo[94]l.), the turnstone. [Local, U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quaily \Quail"y\, n. [Cf. {Quail} the bird.] (Zo[94]l.) The upland plover. [Canadian]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upland \Up"land\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage. Sometimes, with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite. --Milton. 2. Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished. [Obs.] [bd] The race of upland giants.[b8] --Chapman. {Upland moccasin}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moccasin}. {Upland sandpiper}, [or] {Upland plover} (Zo[94]l.), a large American sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda}) much valued as a game bird. Unlike most sandpipers, it frequents fields and uplands. Called also {Bartramian sandpiper}, {Bartram's tattler}, {field plover}, {grass plover}, {highland plover}, {hillbird}, {humility}, {prairie plover}, {prairie pigeon}, {prairie snipe}, {papabote}, {quaily}, and {uplander}. {Upland sumach} (Bot.), a North American shrub of the genus Rhus ({Rhus glabra}), used in tanning and dyeing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quaily \Quail"y\, n. [Cf. {Quail} the bird.] (Zo[94]l.) The upland plover. [Canadian]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Upland \Up"land\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to uplands; being on upland; high in situation; as, upland inhabitants; upland pasturage. Sometimes, with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite. --Milton. 2. Pertaining to the country, as distinguished from the neighborhood of towns; rustic; rude; unpolished. [Obs.] [bd] The race of upland giants.[b8] --Chapman. {Upland moccasin}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Moccasin}. {Upland sandpiper}, [or] {Upland plover} (Zo[94]l.), a large American sandpiper ({Bartramia longicauda}) much valued as a game bird. Unlike most sandpipers, it frequents fields and uplands. Called also {Bartramian sandpiper}, {Bartram's tattler}, {field plover}, {grass plover}, {highland plover}, {hillbird}, {humility}, {prairie plover}, {prairie pigeon}, {prairie snipe}, {papabote}, {quaily}, and {uplander}. {Upland sumach} (Bot.), a North American shrub of the genus Rhus ({Rhus glabra}), used in tanning and dyeing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quell \Quell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quelling}.] [See {Quail} to cower.] 1. To die. [Obs.] Yet he did quake and quaver, like to quell. --Spenser. 2. To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate. [R.] Winter's wrath begins to quell. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quell \Quell\, n. Murder. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quell \Quell\, v. t. [OE. quellen to kill, AS. cwellan, causative of cwelan to die; akin to OHG. quellen to torment, Icel. kvelja. See {Quail} to cower.] 1. To take the life of; to kill. [Obs.] --Spenser. The ducks cried as [if] men would them quelle. --Chaucer. 2. To overpower; to subdue; to put down. The nation obeyed the call, rallied round the sovereign, and enabled him to quell the disaffected minority. --Macaulay. Northward marching to quell the sudden revolt. --Longfellow. 3. To quiet; to allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or cease; as, to quell grief; to quell the tumult of the soul. Much did his words the gentle lady quell. --Spenser. Syn: to subdue; crush; overpower; reduce; put down; repress; suppress; quiet; allay; calm; pacify.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quellio \Quel"li*o\, n. [Sp. cuello, L. collum neck.] A ruff for the neck. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quill \Quill\, n. (Pharm.) A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quill \Quill\, n. [Perhaps fr. F. quille ninepin (see {Kayless}); but cf. also G. kiel a quill. MHG. kil, and Ir. cuille a quill.] 1. One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather. 2. A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the proper subject of his quill. --Sir H. Wotton. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine. (b) The pen of a squid. See {Pen}. 4. (Mus.) (a) The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments. (b) The tube of a musical instrument. He touched the tender stops of various quills. --Milton. 5. Something having the form of a quill; as: (a) The fold or plain of a ruff. (b) (Weaving) A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle. (c) (Mach.) A hollow spindle. {Quill bit}, a bit for boring resembling the half of a reed split lengthways and having its end sharpened like a gouge. {Quill driver}, one who works with a pen; a writer; a clerk. [Jocose] {Quill nib}, a small quill pen made to be used with a holder. --Simmonds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quill \Quill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quilling}.] 1. To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill a ruffle. His cravat seemed quilled into a ruff. --Goldsmith. 2. To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn. --Judd.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Saponin \Sap"o*nin\, n. [L. sapo, -onis soap: cf. F. saponine.] (Chem.) A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort ({Saponaria}), in the bark of soap bark ({Quillaia}), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local an[91]sthesia. Formerly called also {struthiin}, {quillaiin}, {senegin}, {polygalic acid}, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quoil \Quoil\, n. See {Coil}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quoll \Quoll\, n. (Zo[94]l.) A marsupial of Australia ({Dasyurus macrurus}), about the size of a cat.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Quail, TX Zip code(s): 79251
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
QL (Quantum Leap) Sir {Clive Sinclair}'s first {Motorola 68008}-based {personal computer}, developed from around 1981 and released about 1983. The QL ran Sinclair's {QDOS} {operating system} which was the first {multitasking} OS on a home computer, though few programmers used this feature. It had a structured, extended {BASIC} and a suite of integrated {application program}s written by {Psion}. It featured innovative "{microdrive}s" which were random access tape drives. It was not a success. The microdrives were innovative but probably a mistake. Though reliable and quite quick, they sounded like they were going to jam and explode, releasing a shower of plastic shavings and tape into your face. The QL and QDOS only supported two graphics modes - ominously named high res and low res. High res had four (fixed) colours at a resolution of 512 by 256 {pixels}. Low res had 8 colours (black, blue, red, magenta, green, cyan, yellow, white) plus a flash mode with 256 by 256 pixels. The sound was next to useless - single channel single oscillator with various parameters for fuzz, pitch change. There was one internal {font}, scalable to 2 heights and 3 widths. Peripherals and enhancements included a {GUI} on a plug-in {ROM}, accelerator cards ({Motorola 68020}, 4 MB RAM), {floppy disks} and {hard disks}. In 1996 there is still some interest in the QL, spread by the Internet of course. {Emulation} software, {source code}, "The QL Hackers Journal" and similar are still available, and many QLs are on the net. {(http://www.imaginet.fr/~godefroy/english)}. (1996-08-01)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
QUEL The {query language} used by the {database management system} {INGRES}. (1995-01-31)