SQUAIL

Verb

squail (third-person singular simple present squails, present participle squailing, simple past and past participle squailed)

(intransitive, historical) To throw weighted sticks at small animals.

To throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly.

Noun

squail (plural squails)

A disc or counter used in the game of squails.

Anagrams

• quails

Source: Wiktionary

Squail, v. i.

Definition: To throw sticls at cocks; to throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly. [Prov. Eng.] Southey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition