Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
quarrel , quarrel, quarrel.
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Examples
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My quarel with Dems is they, in my opinion, are primarily concerned with preserving their power and promoting a secular progressive ideology.
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To cut things short right now, i'm happy too that i have not as yet heard my parents quarel for more than 10minutes today.
yanxious Diary Entry yanxious 2006
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These articles seeme to haue bene ministred vpon the quarel between Alderman Bond the elder, and the Moscouie company, for his trade to the Narue without their consent.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Biscains and the Portugals: while each of them would haue the honour to haue first boorded her, so that there grew a great noise and quarel among them, one taking the chiefe ensigne, and the other the flag, and the captaine and euery one held his owne.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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“Tell your maister, that the king of the Romaines doth call the Gods to witnes, whether of them first maketh the quarel, to thintent all men may expect the reuenge of those warres.”
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter
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One quarel went wide and hit the wall of the house behind, where it stuck fast in the joints of the stud-work.
The Lady of Blossholme Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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For I haue the shield, the weapon, and the warrant of him, who assuredlie will defend this quarel, and he commandeth me to crie:
The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women. 1514-1572 1878
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I haue the shield, the weapon, and the warrant of him, who assuredlie will defend this quarel, and he commandeth me to crie:
The First Blast of the Trumpet against the monstrous regiment of Women John Knox 1874
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In her quarel is no violence, now pleie, now wepi {n} ge, & seelde i {n} oon state; to her pleyntis ȝeue no credence; 88
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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In her quarel is no violence, now pleie, now wepi {n} ge, & seelde i {n} oon state; to her pleyntis ȝeue no credence;
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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