subs. (old).A girl.
1593. C. HOLLYBAND, Dictionarie. Tu es un cainar, thou art a SQUALL.
1607. MIDDLETON, Michaelmas Term, i. 2. A pretty, beautiful, juicy SQUALL.
1611. COTGRAVE, Dictionarie, s.v. Obeseau, a young minx or little proud SQUALL.
1630. TAYLOR (The Water Poet), Workes, A Whore.
The rich Gull Gallant calls her Deare and Loue, | |
Ducke, Lambe, SQUALL, Sweet-heart, Cony, and his Doue. |
Verb. (B. E.).To cry a loud.
TO LOOK OUT FOR SQUALLS, verb. phr. (colloquial).To be on guard.