queal

From Middle English quelen, from Old English cwelan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwelan, from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to sting, pierce”). Related to Middle Dutch quelen, queilen. Doublet of quail.

queal (third-person singular simple present queals, present participle quealing, simple past and past participle quealed)

1. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To faint away.

queal (third-person singular simple present queals, present participle quealing, simple past and past participle quealed)

1. Obsolete form of quail.

• Equal., Quale, equal, quale