(obsolete) A prostitute, so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.
verb
(intransitive) Of courage, faith, etc.: to slacken, to give way.
(intransitive) To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.
(intransitive) To waste away; to fade, to wither.
(obsolete) To curdle or coagulate, as milk does.
(transitive, now rare) To daunt or frighten (someone).
