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Quailing

//ˈkweɪlɪŋ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who quails, or draws back in fear.

    "[…] the old man, who had never before known the quailings of fear, was loath in such a tremendous gale to rush, as he considered on certain death."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of quail form-of, gerund, participle, present

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