quarret

A Middle English form of quarry1, of entanglement, perhaps with several: two are enough quarrel1 (kwor'el), n. [Early mod. E. also quarel, querel; Whennes comyn elles alle thyse for eyne Complayntes or quereles of pletynges? Chaucer , Boëthius, iii. prose 3. Thou lyf, thou luste, thou mannis hele, Biholde my cause and my querele ! Gower, MS. Soc. Antiq. 134, f. 39. ( Hall i well .) As his frendes wepte for hym lyenge on the byere they sayd with swete and deevoute querelles , which suffred her devoute seruant to deye without confe ion and penaunce. Golden Legend , quoted in Prompt. Parv., p. 419. If I shulde here answere to all these querels particularly and as the woorthyne e of the thynge requireth, I myght fynde matter sufficient to make a volume of iuste quant i. tie, and perhappes be tedious to sum me. R. Eden (First Books on America, ed. Arber, p. 53). 2. An accusation; in law , a complaint; an action, real or personal. The wars were scarce begun but he, in fear Of quarrels 'gainst his life, fled from his country. Beau . and Fl . , Laws of Candy, i. 1. 3. Cause, occasion, or motive of complaint, objection, dispute, contention, or debate; the basis or ground of being at variance with another; hence, the cause or side of a certain party at variance with another. My quarell is grown did vppon right, Which gevith me corage for to fight. Generydes (E. E. T. S.), L. 3210. Methinks I could not die anywhere so contented as in the King's company; his cause being just and his quarrel honourable. Shak., Hen. V., iv. 1. 133. Herodias had a quarrel against him. Mark vi. 19. He thought he had a good quarrel to attack him. Holinshed. Rejoice and be merry in the Lord; be stout in his cause and quarrel. J. Bradford, Letters (Parker Soc., 1853), II. 249. What is your quarrel to "shallops"? Gray, Letters, I. 301. 4t. Cause in general; reason; plea; ground. I undyrstand that Mastre Fytzwater hat he a syster, a mayd, to mary; ye may telle hym, synse he wyll have syche a bargayn myght be mad;. my servyse,. then he shold be swer that I shold not be flyttyng, and I had syche a quarell to kepe me at home. Paston Letters, III. 164. for for a brawl; at least three are needed for a broil: as, a brawl with a neighbor; a neighborhood broil. A scuffle is, in this connection, a confused or undignified struggle, at close quarters, between two, to throw each other down, or a similar struggle of many. A wrangle is a severe, unreasoning, and noisy, perhaps confused, altercation. A squab ble is a petty wrangle, but is even le dignified or irrational. A feud is a deeply rooted animosity between two sets of kindred, two parties, or po ibly two persons. See ani mosity. quarrell (kwor'el), v.; pret. and pp. quarreled or quarrelled, ppr. quarreling or quarrelling. [Early mod. E. also quarel, querel; There are many which affirme that they haue sayled rownd abowt Cuba. But whether it bee so or not, or whether, enuyinge the good fortune of this man, they seeke occasions of querelinge ageynste hym, I can not iudge. R. Eden, tr. of Peter Martyr (First Books on America, [ed. Arber, p. 90). I would not quarrel with a slight mistake. Roscommon , tr. of Horace's Art of Poetry. Viator . I hope we have no more of these Alps to pa over. Piscator. No, no, Sir, only this ascent before you, which you see is not very uneasy, and then you will no more quarrel with your way. Cotton , in Walton's Angler, ii. 232. All are prone to quarrel With fate, when worms destroy their gourd, Or mildew spoils their laurel. F. Locker, The Jester's Moral. 2. To dispute angrily or violently; contend; squabble. Not only, sir, this your all-licensed fool, But other of your insolent retinue Do hourly carp and quarrel . Shak ., Lear, i. 4. 222. And Jealousy, and Fear, and Wrath, and War Quarrel'd, although in heaven, about their place. J. Beaumont , Psyche, i. 105. If we grumbled a little now and then, it was soon over, for we were never fond enough to quarrel . Sheridan, The Duenna, i. 3. 31. To disagree; be incongruous or incompatible; fail to be in accordance, in form or e ence Some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed, And put it to the foil. Shak ., Tempest, iii. 1. 45. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-1438.png:[blocks in formation] 21. To disagree or contend with. They [Pharisees) envied the work in the substance, but they quarrel the circumstance. Donne , Sermons, xviii. Fitz. You will not slight me, madam? Wit . Nor you'll not quarrel me? B. Jonson, Devil is an A , iv. 3. 3. To affect, by quarreling, in a manner indicated by a word or words connected: as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights. quarrel2 (kwor'el), n. [ form. Specifically-( a ) A small tile or paving-stone of square or lozenge form. (b) A small lozenge-shaped pane of gla , or a square pane set diagonally, used in glazing a window. especially in the latticed window frames formerly used in England and elsewhere. And let your skynner cut both ye sortes of the skynnes in smale peces triangle wyse, lyke halfe a quarell of a gla e wyndowe. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 247. We are right Cornish diamonds. Trim. Yes, we cut Out quarrels and break gla es where we go. Middle ton and Rowley , Fair [Quarrel, ii. 2. Quarrels of Window. The form illustrated is the "short quarrel," the acute angle of pane measuring 77° 19'. 2. A bolt or arrow having a square or four edged head, especially a cro Quarrel2, 2. bow-bolt of such form. I sigh [saw] yet arwis reyne, And grounde quarels sharpe of steele. Rom. of the Rose , 1. 1823. Schot sore alle y-vere; Quarels , arwes, they fly smerte; The fyched Men thruz heed & herte. Arthur (ed. Furnivall), 1. 461. A seruaunt... was found shooting a quarrell of a cro e bow with a letter. Hakluyt's Voyages , II. 87. Here be two arblasts, comrades, with wind laces and quarrels - to the barbican with you, and see you drive each bolt through a Saxon brain! Scott , Ivanhoe, xxviii. 3. An instrument with a head shaped like that of the cro bow bolt. ( a ) A glaziers' diamond. (b) A kind of graver. (c) A stone-masons' chisel.