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Definition of Quarrels
Quarrel Quarrel 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.
Quarrel Quarrel 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.
Quarrel Quarrel Quar"rel, n. [Written also quarreller.]
One who quarrels or wrangles; one who is quarrelsome. --Shak.
