v. Obs. exc. dial. [Later form of QUAIL v.; for the change of vowel, cf. QUEASY.] intr. and trans. = QUAIL v.
1515. Barclay, Egloges, ii. (1570), B v. Their matters quealeth, for solde is all Justice.
1550. Hooper, Serm. Jonas, vii. Wks. (Parker Soc.), 552. He bringeth forth a young tree…. But the Lord queeleth it again straightway.
1622. W. Yonge, Diary, 19 Aug. (Camden), 63. The wind … quealed all hedges towards the south.
1847–78. Halliwell, Queal, to faint away. Devon. Ibid., Queel, to grow flabby. Devon.
1848. A. B. Evans, Leicestersh. Words, Queel, to extinguish: ‘He could not queel the fire.’
