SQUAILS

Verb

squails

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of squail

Noun

squails

plural of squail

squails (uncountable)

An old parlour game in which small discs (called squails) are snapped from the edge of the table to a centre mark called the process.

The game of ninepins.

Source: Wiktionary


SQUAIL

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



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