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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. quotations examples
The boys were employed also to squail at the bannets
December 28 1821, Robert Southey, letter VIII - Recollections of Corston Continued
plural squails
A disc or counter used in the game of squails. examples