s.w. dial. ? Obs. [? Related to QUEAL v.] Feeble, frail.

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1794.  Wolcot (P. Pindar), J. Ploughshare’s Royal Visit Exeter, Wks. 1816, III. 367. That he was weak, and ould, and squeal, And zeldom made a hearty meal. Ibid. (1795), Pindariana, Ibid. 336. Why should [he] be afraid of horns, Who married a poor squeal, starv’d cat, for money?

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