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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quarrel1
noun
  • 1 an angry argument or disagreement.
  • 2 a reason for disagreement.
verb (quarrels, quarrelling, quarrelled; US quarrels, quarreling, quarreled)
  • 1 have a quarrel.

    ■ (quarrel with) disagree with.

  • 2 W. Indian complain; scold.
– derivatives
quarreller noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. querele, from L. querel(l)a ‘complaint’, from queri ‘complain’.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quarrel2
noun historical a short heavy square-headed arrow or bolt for a crossbow or arbalest.
– origin ME: from OFr., based on late L. quadrus ‘square’; cf. quarry3.



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