quarreling

Variant of quarrel

quarrel definition

quar·rel (kwôr′əl, kwär′-)

noun

  1. a bolt or arrow with a quadrangular head, shot from a crossbow
  2. a small, diamond-shaped or square pane of glass, as in a latticed window

Etymology: ME quarel < OFr < ML querellus < VL *quadrellum, dim. of L quadrus, a square

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