Orig. s.w. dial. [f. prec.] A loaded stick, esp. used for throwing at small game or apples.
1847. in Halliwell.
1879. Jefferies, Amateur Poacher, iii. For making a ‘squailer’ a tea-cup was the best mould.
1896. Westm. Gaz., 2 Dec., 2/1. We used to use squailers at Marlborough…. You held your squailer by the small end.
