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Quarrel   /kwˈɔrəl/   Listen
noun
Quarrel  n.  
1.
An arrow for a crossbow; so named because it commonly had a square head. (Obs.) "To shoot with arrows and quarrel." "Two arblasts,... with windlaces and quarrels."
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.
4.
A four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end.


Quarrel  n.  
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." "On open seas their quarrels they debate."
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." "No man hath any quarrel to me." "He thought he had a good quarrel to attack him."
3.
Earnest desire or longing. (Obs.)
To pick a quarrel. See under Pick, v. t.
Synonyms: Brawl; broil; squabble; affray; feud; tumult; contest; dispute; altercation; contention; wrangle.


Quarrel  n.  One who quarrels or wrangles; one who is quarrelsome.


verb
Quarrel  v. t.  
1.
To quarrel with. (R.) "I had quarelled my brother purposely."
2.
To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights.


Quarrel  v. i.  (past & past part. quarreled or quarrelled; pres. part. 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." "But some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed."
2.
To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight. "Beasts called sociable quarrel in hunger and lust."
3.
To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot. "I will not quarrel with a slight mistake."





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"Quarrel" Quotes from Famous Books



... overbearingly proud. Throughout life he remained a consistent High Churchman, and a strenuous supporter of the rights of the Church in Ireland, but his attempt, in 1727, to interfere with the affairs of the Deanery of St. Patrick's, brought down upon him Swift's wrath, and an open quarrel ensued which was partly softened by the Archbishop retiring from the matter ...
— The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Vol. III.: Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church, Vol. I. • Jonathan Swift
... enforced patience to Bainton's rambling account of the gossip going on in the neighbourhood, and despite that worthy servitor's disquisition on the subject, he could not imagine how it had arisen, unless his quarrel with Putwood Leveson were the cause. It was all so sudden and unlooked for! Maryllia had gone away,—and that fact of itself was sufficient to make darkness out of sunshine. He could not quite realise it. And not only had she gone away, but some slanderous ...
— God's Good Man • Marie Corelli
... for his assault on Sambo, was just and proper. It is my earnest desire that quarrels may be stopped or punishment of both parties follow, unless it shall appear clearly, that one only is to blame, and the other forced into [a quarrel] from self-defence." In one other instance Washington wrote, "If Isaac had his deserts he would receive a severe punishment for the house, tools and seasoned stuff, which has been burned by his carelessness." But instead of ordering the "deserts" he continued, "I wish you to ...
— The True George Washington [10th Ed.] • Paul Leicester Ford
... which followed I have no direct cognizance, and I am not writing the history of the war, except as it mingles with my own experiences. The lull that followed the change of command left me time to study Montenegro and its people, and I made many friends. The battle at Muratovizza had developed a quarrel between Socica, who commanded there with a most distinguished ability, and old Peko Pavlovich, who had refused his coperation in the battle, to the great diminution of the consequences of the victory. Peko ...
— The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II • William James Stillman
... not let us quarrel any more, No, my Lucrezia; bear with me for once: Sit down and all shall happen as you wish. You turn your face, but does it bring your heart? I'll work then for your friend's friend, never fear, Treat his own ...
— Robert Browning: How To Know Him • William Lyon Phelps


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