SQUAIL
\skwˈe͡ɪl], \skwˈeɪl], \s_k_w_ˈeɪ_l]\
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skw[=a]l, n. a disc or counter used in the game of squails: (pl.) a parlour-game in which small discs are snapped from the edge of the table to a centre mark called the process: the game of ninepins.--v.i. to throw a stick, &c., at any object.--v.t. to pelt with sticks, &c.--n. SQUAIL'ER, a throwing-stick. [A variant of kail.]
By Thomas Davidson
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Vertebral Artery Dissection
- Dissection wall artery, leading to formation an aneurysm that occlude vessel. Thrombus give rise emboli. Cervical fractures or related NECK INJURIES and CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA are commonly associated conditions, although this process may occur spontaneously. Ischemia, infarction, hemorrhage in the vascular distribution of affected vertebral artery complicate condition.