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# quail

noun (quails); verb (quails, quailed, quailing)

«quail» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A quail is a small bird like a partridge, which people hunt for food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quail/#m1)
2. To quail is to shrink back in fear, to lose courage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quail/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales hunters catch quails with falcons; in the lessons «quail» means to cower or shrink from danger

### Examples

- The hunters shot two quails for supper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quail/#x1)
- The boy quailed at the sight of the wolf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quail/#x2)
- Do not quail; be brave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quail/#x3)
- The soldiers quailed before the giant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quail/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

In the wilderness, God sent flocks of quail to the camp so the Israelites could eat meat.

**Interpretation.** The tradition reads the quail as a gift that also tested the people, since at Kibroth-hattaavah their greed for meat brought a plague.

### Examples

- And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew round about the camp. (Torah EXO.16.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quail/#x1)
- And the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails; he that gathered least gathered ten heaps; and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. (Torah NUM.11.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quail/#x2)
- They asked, and He brought quails, and gave them in plenty the bread of heaven. (Writings PSA.105.40, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quail/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «quail» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quail/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«quail» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/quail.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «quail» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/Q/quail/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«quail» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/quail.html) on Mova free.