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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Quail v. i. [imp. & p. p. Qualled p. pr. & vb. n. Qualling.]
 1. To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade. [Obs.]
 2. To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the spirit and power of resistance; to lose heart; to give way; to shrink; to cower.
 The atheist power shall quail, and confess his fears. I. Taylor.
 Stouter hearts than a woman's have quailed in this terrible winter.   --Longfellow.
 Syn: -- to cower; flinch; shrink; quake; tremble; blench; succumb; yield.