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noun

Quarrel n.

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."

(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.

A glazier's diamond.

A four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end.

Quarrel n.

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."

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."

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.

To quarrel with. (R.) "I had quarelled my brother purposely."

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)

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."

To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight. "Beasts called sociable quarrel in hunger and lust."

To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot. "I will not quarrel with a slight mistake."

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... contempt shown to his denunciations and lists of conspirators, by the Home Minister, Caballero, gave in his resignation. General Serrano demanded the dismissal from Madrid of more suspected persons. Senors Olozaga and Cortina intervened, however, and made up the quarrel, ordering the Gazette to declare that the most perfect harmony reigned in the Cabinet. This the Gazette did. Mr Aston has demanded his audience of leave, and quits ...

— The Economist - Volume 1, No. 3 • Various

... that the bargain had not been concluded. I must acquit Bijorn of any share in the matter, for it came upon him as much by surprise as it did upon me. It seems that it is all Sweyn's doing. He must have taken the step as having a private grudge against you. Have you had any quarrel with him?" ...

— The Dragon and the Raven - or, The Days of King Alfred • G. A. Henty

... regiment, the First Artillery, in Mexico. The war with the Southern Republic had blazed out on the Texan border in 1845, and the American Government had now decided to carry it into the heart of the hostile territory. With the cause of quarrel we have no concern. General Grant has condemned the war as "one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation."* (* Grant's Memoirs volume 1 page 53.) Be this as it may, it ...

— Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War • G. F. R. Henderson

... alleged that he had deposited half a sovereign on the counter in payment for a cigar, and the shopman had given him change as if for sixpence, maintaining stoutly that sixpence had been the coin given him, and no half-sovereign at all. When Mr. Woodstock entered, the quarrel had ...

— The Unclassed • George Gissing

... separate in sullen disappointment, a messenger came to tell them that the Archbishop's coach was in sight on the road to Saint Andrews. The opportunity was too good to be lost. Hackston was asked to take the command, but declined, alleging his cause of quarrel with Sharp, which would, he declared, "mar the glory of the action, for it would be imputed to his particular revenge." But, he added, he would not leave them, nor "hinder them from what God had called them to." Upon this, Balfour said, "Gentlemen, follow me;" and the whole party, ...

— Claverhouse • Mowbray Morris

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