quaret

An obsolete form of quire1. quare imped it (kwa're im'pe-dit). [So called from the L. words quare imped it, contained in the writ: L. quare, why (orig. two words, quā re, for what cause: qua, abl. fem. of quis, who, what; re, abl. of res, thing, cause); imped it, IMG:content-1436.png:[blocks in formation] 3d pers. sing. pres. ind. of impedire , hinder, im- pede: see impede .] In Eng . law , the writ (re- quiring defendant to show why he hindered quarrel to marry when he will. Wives are young men's mistre es, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses, so as a man may have a plaintiff) used to try a right of presentation to a benefice. quarelt, n. See quarrell , quarrel2 , quarrel3 . quarelett, n. An obsolete form of quarrelet . quarellet, n. An obsolete form of quarrel1 . qua rente net, n. [ quarentena (sc. terræ ) , a furlong, an area of forty rods: see quaran- tine .] A square furlong. Pearson , Historical Maps of Eng., p. 51. quarert, n. Same as quarry2 . quariert, n. See quarrier2 . quark (kwärk), n . [Imitative; cf. quawk .] Same as quawk. quarll (kwärl), v. quarl2 (kwärl), n. A dialectal form of quarrell . [Prob. a contr. form of quar rel2 (applied, as square is often applied, to an object of different shape).] In brickmaking, a piece of fire-clay in the shape of a segment of a circle or similar form: it is used in constructing arches for melting-pots, covers for retorts, and the like. The erection of nine six-ton pots requires 15,000 common bricks, 10,000 fire-bricks, 160 feet of quarles , 80 fireclay blocks, and 5 tons of fire-clay. Ure, Dict., III. 67. The cover [of a retort] is usually formed of segments of stoneware, or fireclay quarls , bound together with iron. Spons ' Encyc . Manuf ., I. 156. quarl3 (kwärl), n . [Origin obscure.] A medusa or jellyfish. Some on the stony star-fish ride,... And some on the jellied quarl , that flings At once a you sand streamy stings. J. R. Drake , Culprit Fay, st. 13. quar-mant, n. A quarryman. The sturdy Quar - man with steel-headed Cones And ma ie Sledges slenteth out the stones. Bacon , Marriage and Single Life (ed. 1887). 5. Altercation; an altercation; an angry dispute; a wrangle; a brawl. If I can fasten but one cup upon him, With that which he hath drunk to-night already, He'll be as full of quarrel and offence As my young mistre ' dog. Shak ., Othello, ii. 3. 52. If upon a sudden quarrel two persons fight, and one of them kills the other, this is manslaughter. Black stone , Com., IV. xiv. 6. A breach of friendship or concord; open variance between parties; a feud. England was, from the force of mere dynastic causes, dragged into the quarrel . Freeman , Norman Conq., V. 63. The Persian Amba ador has had a quarrel with the court. Greville, Memoirs, June 25, 1819. 71. A quarreler. [Rare.] Though 't [pomp] be temporal, Yet if that quarrel , fortune, do divorce It from the bearer, 'tis a sufferance panging. Shak., Hen. VIII., ii. 3. 14. Double quarrel, eccles., a complaint of a clerk to the archbishop against an inferior ordinary, for delay of justice. No double quarrel shall hereafter be granted out of any of the archbishop's courts at the suit of any minister whosoever, except he shall first take his personal oath that the said eight-and-twenty days at the least are expired, 95th Canon of the Church of England (1603). To pick a quarrel. See pick1 . - To take up a quarrelt, to compose or adjust a quarrel; settle a dispute. etc. I knew when seven justices could not take up a quarrel , but when the parties were met themselves, one of them thought but of an If, and they shook hands. Shak., As you Like it, v. 4. 104. =Syn. 5 and 6. Quarrel, Altercation, Affray, Fray, Mêlée, Brawl, Broil, Scuffle, Wrangle, Squabble, Feud. A quarrel is a matter of ill feeling and hard words in view of supposed wrong: it stops just short of blows; any use beyond this is now figurative. Altercation is the spoken part of a Sylvester , tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Magnificence. quarrel, the parties speaking alternately. An altercation quaroft, adv . An obsolete dialectal form of whereof . Hall i well . quar-pitt, n. A stone-pit; a quarry. Whalley . [West of Eng.] quarrt, n. and v. See quar1 . is thus a quarrelsome dispute between two persons or two sides. Affray and fray expre a quarrel that has come to blows in a public place: they are often used of the struggles of war, implying personal activity. Mêlée emphasizes the confusion in which those engaged in an affray or struggle are mingled. Brawl emphasizes the unbecoming character and noisine of the quarrel; while broil adds the idea