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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



... please her parents-in-law shows that there is no discipline in a house. And now you even encourage her in her faults. It is said the gods are most just. Are there gods who teach men to fear their wives? Incidentally, the whole quarrel rests on me alone. My parents had nothing to do with it. If I was to be punished by the ax and cord, well and good. You could have carried out the punishment yourself. But this you did not do. So now I will burn your own house in order to satisfy my ...
— The Chinese Fairy Book • Various
... silent a moment. He didn't like to have any quarrel with Herbert's cousin, but he was a boy of spirit, and he could not let George leave without giving vent ...
— Robert Coverdale's Struggle - Or, On The Wave Of Success • Horatio, Jr. Alger
... your eyes out, you devil!" shrilled the first voice, and there followed a string of furious curses. The other woman replied in kind and Samuel made out that there was some kind of a quarrel, and that some of the party wanted to interfere, and that others wanted it to go on. All were whooping and shrieking uproariously, and the ...
— Samuel the Seeker • Upton Sinclair
... disputants, when reasons fail, Have one sure refuge left—and that's to rail. Fop, coxcomb, fool, are thundered through the pit; And this is all their equipage of wit. We wonder how the devil this difference grows, Betwixt our fools in verse, and yours in prose: For, 'faith, the quarrel rightly understood, 'Tis civil war with their own flesh and blood. The thread-bare author hates the gaudy coat; And swears at the gilt coach, but swears a-foot; For 'tis observed of every scribbling man, He grows a fop as fast as e'er he ...
— The Works of John Dryden, Volume 5 (of 18) - Amboyna; The state of Innocence; Aureng-Zebe; All for Love • John Dryden
... to war upon that issue. I will not go to war upon an issue upon which, when we go to a third power to arbitrate upon it, they will say we are wrong. The issue will be decided against us. We shall be told it is not the thing for us to quarrel about. ...
— Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. • Josiah Quincy


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