to retreat from a position
to pull something back or apart
to withdraw from an undertaking
to move backwards
To waste away; to fade, to wither.
Of courage, faith, etc.: to slacken, to give way.
To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.
The meat from this bird eaten as food.
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.