To shoot with arrows and quarrel. --Sir J.
Mandeville.
Two arblasts, . . . with windlaces and quarrels.
--Sir W.
Scott.
2. (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.
3. A glazier's diamond. --Simmonds.
4. A four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a
diamond-shaped end.
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.
Our people quarrel with obedience. --Shak.
But some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest
grace she owed. --Shak.
2. To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to
altercate; to contend; to fight.
Beasts called sociable quarrel in hunger and lust.
--Sir W.
Temple.
3. To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot.
I will not quarrel with a slight mistake.
--Roscommon.
2. To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his
estate or rights.