Definition of quails:
(n) :
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.
(n) :
(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
(v) :
(intransitive) To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.
(v) :
(intransitive) Of courage, faith, etc.: to slacken, to give way.
(v) :
(transitive, now rare) To daunt or frighten (someone).
(v) :
(intransitive) To waste away; to fade, to wither.