Quail

Webster's Condensed Dictionary- A Condensed Dictionary of the English Language · 1909 · p. 480

kwal, v. [quailed (kwald), quailing.] To become quelled, sink into dejection, lose spirit, shrink, cower. [AS. cwelan, to die, D. quelen, to pine away, OHG. quelan, to suffer torment; quell, qualm.]