"squail" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "squailing",
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    {
      "form": "squailed",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cocksquailing"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "squailer"
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "To throw weighted sticks at small animals."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, historical) To throw weighted sticks at small animals."
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        "historical",
        "intransitive"
      ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "December 28 1821, Robert Southey, letter VIII - Recollections of Corston Continued\nThe boys were employed also to squail at the bannets"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly."
      ],
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      "rhymes": "-eɪl"
    }
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  "word": "squail"
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      "form": "squails",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "A disc or counter used in the game of squails."
      ],
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪl"
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  "word": "squail"
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "squails",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "squailing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "squailed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "squailed",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cocksquailing"
    },
    {
      "word": "squailer"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To throw weighted sticks at small animals."
      ],
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        "(intransitive, historical) To throw weighted sticks at small animals."
      ],
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        "historical",
        "intransitive"
      ]
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        {
          "text": "December 28 1821, Robert Southey, letter VIII - Recollections of Corston Continued\nThe boys were employed also to squail at the bannets"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To throw anything about awkwardly or irregularly."
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  "sounds": [
    {
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      "form": "squails",
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