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quail | potato |

As a proper noun quail

is .

As a noun potato is

a plant tuber, solanum tuberosum , eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the americas and europe.

quail

English

(wikipedia quail)

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain; perhaps related to (etyl) queilen.

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete) * (l)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To waste away; to fade, wither.
  • * 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia , Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 358:
  • To tell the truth the prospect rather quailed him – wandering about in the gloomy corridors of a nunnery.
  • To lose heart or courage; to be daunted, fearful.
  • * Longfellow
  • Stouter hearts than a woman's have quailed in this terrible winter.
  • * 1886 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde):
  • Mr. Utterson had already quailed at the name of Hyde; but when the stick was laid before him, he could doubt no longer; broken and battered as it was, he recognized it for one that he had himself presented many years before to Henry Jekyll.
  • * 1949 , (George Orwell), Nineteen Eighty-Four , p. 25:
  • His heart quailed before the enormous pyramidal shape.
  • To slacken, give way (of courage, faith etc.).
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) ).

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix'', ''Anurophasis'' or ''Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.
  • (obsolete) A prostitute; so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
  • (Shakespeare)
    Derived terms
    * common quail * quailish

    See also

    * partridge

    Etymology 3

    (etyl) coaillier, (etyl) cailler, from (etyl) (lena) coagulare. See coagulate.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To curdle; to coagulate, as milk does.
  • (Holland)
    (Webster 1913)

    potato

    English

    (wikipedia potato)

    Noun

    (potatoes)
  • A plant tuber, Solanum tuberosum , eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe
  • (informal, UK) A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking
  • Synonyms

    * (plant) spud (slang)

    Derived terms

    * air potato, air-potato * almond potato * Amandine potato * Andean potato latent virus * Andean potato mottle virus * Anna potatoes * apple potato bread * baby potato * baked potato * baking potato * bastard potato * Bengal potatoes * Bintje potato * black potato * blue potato * boiling potato * Bordet-Gengou potato blood agar * Brazilian potato tree * Burbank potato, Burbank Russet potato * Canada potato * Canarian wrinkly potatoes * Caribe potato * Carolina potato * chat potatoes * chef's potato * Chilean potato-tree, Chilean potato vine * Chilian potato * Chinese potato * clean potato * cold-potato routing * coleus potato * Colorado potato beetle * couch potato * Cree potato * Cuban sweet potato * Delmonico potato * duchess potatoes, duchesse potatoes * duck potato * false potato beetle * fauxtato * fingerling potato * finger potato * frafra potato * French-fried potatoes * giant potato creeper * glasshouse and potato aphid * Greenfield potatoes * Hausa potato * hog potato * hog's potato * home-fried potatoes * hot potato * Idaho potato * Indian potato * Irish potato * Irish potato bread * * jacket potato * Japanese potato * Jersey Royal potatoes * Jerusalem potato * little potato * Livingstone potato * long white potato * low-starch potato * Lyonnaise potatoes * Madagascar potato * mashed potato, mashed potatoes * meat and potatoes * meat and potato pie * Mexican potato * mouse potato * * native potato * new potato * O'Brien potatoes * oca potato * * pineapple potato * potater * potato aphid * potato apple, potato-apple * potato aucuba mosaic virus * potato badger * potato-ball * potato bean, potato-bean * potato beetle, potato-beetle * potato black ringspot virus * potato blight * potato blood agar * potato-bogle * potato-box * potato bread * potato bug, potato-bug * potato cake, potato-cake * potato cannon * potato chips * potato clay * potato creeper * potato crisps * potato curl * potato cyst * potato cyst nematode * potato deforming mosaic virus * potato dextrose agar * potato dextrose broth * potato disease * potato dumpling * potato-eater * potato-eel * potatoes and point * potatoey * potato-eye * potato failure * potato family * potato famine * potato farls * potato fly * potato fern * potato finger * potato flake * potato flour * potato-fly * potato fork * potato fungus * potato grant * potato gun * potato-headed * potato hook * potato-jaw * potato kugel * potato late blight * potato latent virus * potato latke * potato leafhopper * potato leaf roll virus, potato leafroll virus * potato lectin * potatoless * potato-loaf * potato masher, potato-masher * potato mildew * potato-mill * potato mop-top virus * potato mold, potato mould * potato mosaic * potato moth * potato-mouth * potato-mouthed * potato murrain * potato nose, potato-nose * potato nuggets * potato oat * potato of Canada * potato oil * potato onion * potato pancake * potato paradox * potato patch * potato peel * potato peeler, potato-peeler * potato peelings * potato pen * potato pie * potato pit * potato plant * potato pretender * potato psyllid * potato pudding * potato puff * potato race * potato ricer * potato ring, potato-ring * potato-root * potato root nematode * potato rot * potato rot nematode * potato rugose mosaic * potato salad * potato scab * potato scab bacteria * potato scone * potato-scoop * potato set * potato-shop * potato-sick * potato spindle tuber viroid * potato spirit, potato-spirit * potato split-worm * potato-spraying * potato-stalk weevil * potato starch * potato stem mottle * potato stick * potato straw * potato sugar * potato trap, potato-trap * potato tree, potato-tree * potato tuber moth * potato tuber nematode * potato tuberworm * potato tumor, potato tumour * potato vine * potato virus A * potato virus M * potato virus S * potato virus T * potato virus U * potato virus V * potato virus X * potato virus Y * * potato wart * potato wart fungus * potato weevil * potato whisky * potato-woman * potato worm * potato yam * potato yellow dwarf * potato yellow dwarf virus, potato yellow-dwarf virus * potato yellowing virus * potato yellow mosaic virus * potato yellow vein virus * * prairie potato * Price's potato-bean * prickly potato * purple Peruvian potato * purple potato * red-skinned potato * red potato * red round potato * Russet Burbank potato * russet potato * salt potatoes * scalloped potatoes * sea potato * seaside potato * seed potato * Spanish potato * small potato, small potatoes, small potatoes and a few in a hill, small potatoes and a few in the hill * scalloped potatoes * shoestring potatoes * smashed potatoes * starchy potato * Sudan potato * swamp potato * sweet potato * tater * Telinga potato * telingo potato * ten-lined potato beetle * Uruguay potato * Uruguay potato vine * Virginia potato, Virginian potato * Vivaldi potato * waxy potato * white potato * white potato vine * white round potato * wild potato * wild potato mosaic virus * wild potato vine, wild sweet potato vine * wild sweet potato * yellow dwarf of potato * Yellow Finn potato * Yellow Finnish potato * yellow potato * Yukon Gold potato * Zulu potato, Zulu round potato