subs. (old).—A harlot: see TART and cf. PLOVER, PHEASANT, &c.

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  1602.  SHAKESPEARE, Troilus and Cressida, v. 1. Here’s Agamemnon—an honest fellow enough, and one that loves QUAILS.

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  1640.  GLAPTHORNE, The Hollander, i. 1.

                  The hot desire of QUAILES,
To yours is modest appetite.

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  1708.  MOTTEUX, Rabelais, Prologue to Book IV. With several coated QUAILS, and lac’d Mutton, waggishly singing.

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