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.] 24 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
QUARRY. 1647 FAXSHAU-E tr. Pastor Ft' (1676) 7 Within whose Quarry-scorning mind had place The pleasure or the glory of the Chase. 1873 BROWNING RedCott. AV.-y* 400 Forw.iul, the imn foot ! Onward the ! quarry-overtaking eye Quarry (kwg'ri), sb2 Forms ; 5 quar(r)ey, querry, 6 quarye, 6-jr quarrie, (7 -ey, quarie), 6- quarry, (9 dial, wharry). [a. med.L. quareia (1266 in Du Cange), var. of quareria, etc. QUAU- BEK, q.v. See also QUAR $b* t QUARREL sb.'*] 1. An open-air excavation from which stone for 25 down Quarry-glass, Scouring it .. and setting up again, the usual Price is iA
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