The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word QUAILS
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What does QUAILS mean?
QUAILS verb- To waste away; to fade, to wither
- To daunt or frighten (someone)
- To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.
- Of courage, faith, etc.: to slacken, to give way.
- Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.
- The meat from this bird eaten as food.
- A prostitute, so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
- To curdle or coagulate, as milk does.