Quarrel
Definitions
- A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).
- An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an arbalest (“a late, large type of crossbow”), traditionally with the head square in its cross section.
- Often preceded by a form of to have: a basis or ground of dispute or objection; a complaint; also, a feeling or situation of ill will and unhappiness caused by this.
- A diamond- or square-shaped piece of glass forming part of a lattice window.
- A propensity to quarrel; quarrelsomeness.
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A square tile; a quarry tile; (uncountable) such tiles collectively. Northern-England, countable
- A cutting tool or chisel with a diamond- or square-shaped end.
- A small square-shaped opening in window tracery.
Equivalents
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Беларускаясварка
Българскикарам се
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Тоҷикӣғавғо
اردوجھگڑا
Examples
“We got into a silly quarrel about what food to order⟳.”
“And let⟳ a Man bevvare, hovv he keepeth Company, vvith Cholerick and Quarelſome Perſons; for they vvill engage⟳ him into their ovvne Quarels.”
“Quarrels would not last⟳ long, if the fault was only on one side.”
“But capital was proving difficult to raise⟳; rumours were in the air that the G.W.R. and L.S.W.R. were about to patch up their quarrel, and the people of Southampton, who twelve months earlier had staged a torch-light procession to celebrate⟳ the passing of the D.N.S.R. Act, were increasingly loath to part with their cash.”
“All quarrels halt at the grave.”
“A few customers in the shop⟳ had some quarrels with us, so we called for the manager.”
“I have⟳ no quarrel with her; it’s her partner whom I dislike.”
“I maruaile much my Lords what rage it is, That moues my people whom I loue ſo deare, Vnder a ſhow of quarrell good and iust, To riſe againſt vs thus in mutinies, […]”
“You miſtake ſir I am ſure, no man hath any quarrell to me: my remembrance is very free and cleere from any image of offence done to any man.”
“Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him [John the Baptist], and would haue killed him, but ſhe could not.”
“I am sorry, with all my heart, to find⟳ you so resolute. We have⟳ never had any quarrel, to which I have⟳ been a party. But I have⟳ made the trial in homage to Christmas, and I'll keep⟳ my Christmas humour to the last⟳. So A Merry Christmas, uncle!”
“The material is powerful, though more theatrical than realistic. The writing is good. On thinking the play⟳ over, however, I came up with a few quarrels with it, and I wonder⟳ if to some Rabe has not attempted to cover⟳ some weaknesses in construction with the sensationalism of shocking bloodshed.”
“If I can faſten but one cup vpon him, / With that which he hath drunke to night already, / Hee'll be as full of quarrell and offence, / As my young miſtris dog:— [...]”
“[A]ll beaſts and birds aſſembled; and forgetting their ſeuerall appetites; ſome of pray, ſome of game, ſome of quarrell, ſtood all ſociably together liſtening vnto the ayres and accords of the Harpe; […]”
“Twanged the ſtring, out flew the quarell long, / And through the ſubtile aire did ſinging pas, / It hit the knight the buckles rich among, / Wherewith his pretious girdle faſt'ned was, / It bruſed them and pearſt his hawberke ſtrong, / Some little blood downe trickled on the gras; [...]”
“Here be two arblasts, comrade, with windlaces and quarrells—to the barbican with you, and see⟳ you drive⟳ each bolt through a Saxon brain.”
“The small cross-bow, called the arbalet or arbalest, is said to have⟳ been invented by the Sicilians. It was carried by the foot-soldiers, and when used was charged with a quarrel or bar-bolt, that is, a small arrow with a flat head, one of which occasioned the death of Harold [Godwinson] at the battle of Hastings, [...]”
“"What was that?" he asked, as a hissing, sharp-drawn voice seemed to whisper⟳ in his ear. The steersman smiled, and pointed with his foot to where a short heavy cross-bow quarrel stuck quivering in the boards.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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