Quar"rel (?), n. [Written also
quarreller.]
One who quarrels or wrangles; one who is quarrelsome. Shak.
Quar"rel (?), v. t. 1. To
quarrel with. [R.]
"I had
quarelled my brother purposely." B.
Jonson.
2. To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate
or rights.
Quar"rel , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quarreled (?) or Quarrelled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Quarreling or
Quarrelling.]
1. To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become
antagonistic.
Our people quarrel with obedience.
Shak.
But some defect in her
Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed.
Shak.
2. To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight.
Beasts called sociable quarrel in hunger and
lust.
Sir W. Temple.
3. To find fault; to cavil; as,
to quarrel with one's lot.
I will not quarrel with a slight mistake.
Roscommon.
Quar"rel , n. [OE. querele, OF. querele, F. querelle,
fr. L. querela, querella, a complaint, fr. queri to complain. See Querulous.]
1. A breach
of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out; a difference; a disagreement; an antagonism in opinion, feeling, or conduct; esp., an angry dispute, contest, or strife; a brawl; an altercation; as, he had a quarrel with his father about expenses.
I will bring
a sword upon you that
shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant.
Lev. xxvi. 25.
On open seas their quarrels they debate.
Dryden.
2. Ground of objection, dislike, difference, or hostility; cause of dispute or contest; occasion of altercation.
Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him.
Mark vi.
19. No man
hath any quarrel to me.
Shak. He thought he
had a good
quarrel to attack him.
Holinshed. 3. Earnest desire or longing. [Obs.] Holland.
To pick a quarrel. See under Pick, v. t.
Syn. -- Brawl; broil; squabble; affray; feud; tumult; contest; dispute; altercation; contention; wrangle.
Quar"rel (?), n. [OE.
quarel, OF. quarrel, F. carreau,
LL. quadrellus, from L.
quadrus square. See
Quadrate, and cf.
Quadrel, Quarry an arrow, Carrel.]
1. An arrow
for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head. [Obs.]
To shoot with
arrows and quarrel.
Sir
J. Mandeville. Two arblasts, . . . with windlaces
and quarrels.
Sir W. Scott.
2. (Arch.) Any small square or quadrangular member; as: (a) A square of glass, esp. when set diagonally.
(b) A small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps, etc., make the form
nearly square.
(c) A square or lozenge-shaped paving tile.
3. A glazier's diamond. Simmonds.
4. A four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end.
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