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Traditional English :: quarrel(1)
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quarrleel.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a violent contention or altercation between individuals or with others.
2 a rupture of friendly relations.
3 an occasion of complaint against a person, a person's actions, etc. --v.intr. (quarrelled, quarrelling; US quarreled, quarreling)
1 (often foll. by with) take exception; find fault.
2 fall out; have a dispute; break off friendly relations. quarreller n. [ME f. OF querele f. L querel(l)a complaint f. queri complain] |
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Traditional English :: quarrel(2)
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quarrleel.html - n. hist. a short heavy square-headed arrow or bolt used in a crossbow or arbalest. [ME f. OF quar(r)el ult. f. LL quadrus square] |
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Traditional English :: quarrelsome
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quarrleel.html - adj. given to or characterized by quarrelling. quarrelsomely adv. quarrelsomeness n. |
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Traditional English :: quarrian
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quarrleel.html - n.
(also quarrion) a cockatiel. [prob. Aboriginal] |
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Traditional English :: quarry(1)
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quarrleel.html - n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies)
1 an excavation made by taking stone etc. for building etc. from its bed.
2 a place from which stone etc. may be extracted.
3 a source of information, knowledge, etc. --v. (-ies, -ied)
1 tr. extract (stone) from a quarry.
2 tr. extract (facts etc.) laboriously from books etc.
3 intr. laboriously search documents etc. [ME f. med.L quare(r)ia f. OF quarriere f. L quadrum square] |
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Traditional English :: quarry(2)
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quarrleel.html - n. (pl. -ies) 1 the object of pursuit by a bird of prey, hounds, hunters, etc. 2 an intended victim or prey. [ME f. AF f. OF cuiree, couree (assim. to cuir leather and curer disembowel) ult. f. L cor heart: orig. = parts of deer placed on hide and given to hounds] |
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