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QITARRELET.
16. . in Peterliin Rentals Orkney iii. (1820) 14 (Jam. Suppl.)
is not confirmed . . and so his right is most
Quarreller (kwoTelaj ). Also 5 querelour,
6-7 quareller, (7 -or, -our), [f. QUARREL v. +
-ER 1
.] One who quarrels, in senses of the vb.
c 1450 Aristotle's A BC in Q. Eliz. Actui., etc. 66 Quenche
fals querelour ; ( quene of heven \>e will quite, a 1533
LD. BERNERS CM. Bk. M. Anrtl. (1546) Fvijb, No
quarellers, but sufferers. 1566 T. STAPLETON Ret. Untr.
Jewel ii. 46 Such a wrangler and Childish quareller as you
be. 1601 HOLLAND Pliny I. 58 No riuer hath lesse liberty
.. yet he is no quarreller, nor much harm doeth he. a 1642
SIR W. MONSON Wars tvitk Spain (1682) 3 It were better
to keep company with a Coward than a Quarreller. 176 .
WESLEY Htub. $ Wives iii. 6 Wks. i8n IX. 66 Away then
w_ith . . this quarreller, suspicion. 1834 SCOTT St. Rattans
viii, Quarrellers do not usually live long. 1892 E. REEVES
Homnvard Bound 103 The big albatross . . scattering the
quarrellers, seizes the tempting morsel for himself,
fb. With pun on QUARREL j*. 1
3. Obs.
1630 Conceits, Clinches etc (Halliw. 1860) 5 One said it was
unfit a glasier should be a constable, because he was
a common quareller. 1673 R. HEAD Canting Acad. 163
Glasiers..are constant Quarrellers.
Quarrelling (kwo-relin), vbl. sb. [f. QUARBEL
v. + -ING '.] The action of the vb. QUARREL.
1546 BALE Eng. Votaries t. 72 They wolde . . styll vexe
hym witholde quarellynges. 1611 RICH Honest. Ag-e(Percy
Soc.) 54 The mind is oppressed with idle thoughts which
spurreth on the tongue to contentious quarrelling. (11715
BURNET Oivn Time lit. (1724) I. 452 Seimour and he had
fallen into some quarrellings. 1734 T. WATT Vocat. Eng.
Lat. 38 You are always making a Quarrelling about nothing.
1866 GEO. ELIOT F. Hc-U (1868) 30 There was no fear of
family coolness or quarrelling on this side.
attrib, 1615 MASSINGER New Way v. i, Make not My
house your quarrelling scene.
Qua-rrelling, ///. a. [f. as prec. + -ING 2.]
That quarrels ; quarrelsome.
1589 NASHB Prtf. Greene's Menaphon (Arb.) 13 That
quarrelling kinde of verse. 1593 Tell-TroMs N. Y. Gift
30 The quarreling mate shall not complaine. 1670 CLAREN-
DOK AM. Tracts (1727) 166 A froward, proud and quarreling
conscience. i8 B. CORNWALL Tivo Dreains it The loud
quarrelling elements cast out Their sheeted fires.
Hence t Qua-rrellintrly adv. Obs.
1571 GOLDING Calvin on Ps. Ixix. tt They stryve with them
quarrellingly, and wythout meeldnesse. 1586 HOLINSHEI>
Ckron. Eng. III. 20/2 He caused the bishop to be sued,
quarelinglie charging him that [etc.].
t a. Qua'rrellous, Obs. Forms: 5 quere-
Ioti8(e, quarelouse, 6 quaril-, quarel(l)-, 6-7
quarrel-, 6-7 quarrellous. [a. OF. quercloiis
rf.3 and -ous. In
(F. querelleux) : see QUARREL
later use perh. a new formation.] a. Given to
complaining ; querulous,
tentious ; fault-finding.
b. Quarrelsome, con-
(In common use from
about 1560 to 1650.)
c 1400 Beryn 2070 They were so querelouse of al my}t com
in mynde Thou^e it were nevir indede I-do. c 1475 Lerne
or be Lewife in Babees Bk. 10 [Be not] To Queynt, to
Querelous, and Queme welle thy maistre. 1490 CAXTON
Eneydos xxii. 80 Crete wepynges and quarellouse plaintes.
1556 ABP. PARKER Ps. xxxiv. 84 To scape theyr foes so
quarilous. 1610 Bp. HALL^A)/. SrmuuistsS} His Maiesties
speech . . might haue staied the course of your quarrelous
pen. 01639 SPOTTISWOOD Hist. Ch. Scot. 11. (1677) 66 This
Gentleman had been in former times very quarrellous and
turbulent, a 1656 HALES Gold. Rent. (1688) 113 This quarrellous
and fighting humour.
Hence f Qua'rrellously adv.
s8o A. MONDAY in John a Kent, etc. (Shaks. Soc.) 78
Everie desperate Dick that can .. behave him selfe so
quarrelously,
t Quarrel-picker, -piker. Obs. [f. the phr.
to pick a quarrel: cf. QUARREL s6.3 2 and PICK .]
1. One who picks quarrels ; a quarrelsome person.
1547 COVERDALE Old Faith To Rdr. A vij, Then shall we
be no Quarrellpykerrs. 1551 T. WILSON Logike 46 These
quarelpickers, these roysters, and fighters. 1608 TOPSEI.L
Serpents (1658) 780 A company of corner-creepers, spidercatchers,
fault-finders, and quarrell.pickers.
2. Slang. (With pun on QUARREL i^.l 3 ; cf.
QUARRELLEB b.) A glazier.
a 1700 B. E. Diet. Coat. Crew.
So Quarrel-picking-, -piking vbl. sb. and///, a.
'357 N. T. (Genev.) Acts xvii. 7 note, Like quarelpiking
they vsed against Christe. 1591 K. TURNBULL Exp. James
Ep. Ded. A iv b, Reprochfull censure, . . without quarrellpicking.
1894 Ir*es/m. Gaz. 25 Sept. 3/2 A. .dining, quarrelpicking,
and duelling club.
[f. QUARREL
Quarrelsome (kwgTelswm), a.
fi + -SOME.]
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1. Inclined to quarrel ; given to, or characterized
Quhilk gift
quarrallable. 1673 LD. FOUNTAINIIALI. in M. P. Brown
Suffl. Dtcis. (1826) III. 14 The said act of Parliament
appoints these deeds to be quarrellable. 1820 J. BROWN
Hist. Brit. Ch. II. App. 7 The Antiburghers still continue
upon their quarrelled constitution of Synod.
I Qua'rrelet. Obs. rare~\ In 7 quarelet.
[f. QUARREL iA.l 3 or 4 + -ET.] A small square.
1648 HERRICK Hesper., Rock ofRubies (1869) 32 Some ask'd
how pearls did grow, and where? Then spoke I to my
girle, To part her lips, and shew'd them there The quarelets
of pearl.
Quarrelled (kwp-reld), a. Also quarled.
[f. QUARREL st. 1 3 + -ED 2 by, quarrelling, t Const, at.
1596 SHAKS. Tain. Shr. i. ii. 13 My M* Is growne quarrelsome.
1616 W. SCLATER Sertti. 10 Weigh
.] a. Of windows : Made
of quarrels, b. Of : glass Formed into quarrels.
1868 J. G. MIALL Cotigreg. Yorkih. 103 The shutters which
protected the quarreled windows from injury. 1880 HISSEY
Tonr in Phaeton 26 Mullioned windows, so pleasantly
varied by transom and quarrelled glass. 1894 BLACKMORK
Perlycross 142 The light from a long quarled window.
well how. .quarrelsome
at the Hues of magistrates the people are. a 1639
W. WHATF.LF.V Prototypes i. xvi. (1640) 161 A quarrelsome
fellow, stilt brawling and falling out. 1681 ANNK WYNDHAM
KingsConceaim. 78 ThisquarrelsomGossipping was a most
seasonable diversion. 1749 FIKI.DING Tom Jones \. ix, Men
who are ill-natured and quarrelsome when they are drunk.
1818 SCOTT Rob Roy xii, The wine rendered me loquacious,
disputatious and quarrelsome. 1879 MRS. SRGUIN /'/;'.
Forest viii. 115 The lords of Windeck .. were of a specially
quarrelsome temper.
2. Offensive, disagreeable, nonce-use.
1815 COLERIDGE Aids Rejf. App. i. (1836) 35 Technical
terms, hard to be remembered, and alike quarrelsome to
the ear and the tongue.
Hence Qua rrelsomely adv.
1755 in JOHNSON. 1873 M'ss BROUGHTON Nancy III. 132
In an aggressively loud voice, as if he were
quarrelsomely
anxious to be overheard. 1880 MRS. PARR Adam