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To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.

Private grudge or quarrel; as, domestic simulties. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

One who snarls; a surly, growling animal; a grumbling, quarrelsome fellow.

Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension. [U. S.]

To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.

The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel. [R.]

One who squares, or quarrels; a hot-headed, contentious fellow. [Obs.] Shak.

fford an ample field of matter wherein to expatiate. Dryden. The unhappy subject of these quarrels. Shak.

To assume; to adopt as one's own; to carry on or manage; as, to take up the quarrels of our neighbors; to take up current opinions. "They take up our old trade of conquering." Dryden. (m) To comprise; to include. "The noble poem of Palemon and Arcite . . . takes up seven years." Dryden. (n) To receive, accept, or adopt…

Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome; scolding. -- Ter"ma*gant*ly, adv. A termagant, imperious, prodigal, profligate wench. Arbuthnot.

ce noble lord, let me entreat of you To pardon me. Shak. Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just. Shak.

To relate to; to concern; to affect. The quarrel toucheth none but us alone. Shak.

rms; as, to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions. Left I the court, to see this quarrel tried. Shak.

Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome; as, an ugly temper; to feel ugly. [Colloq. U. S.]

fference that produce dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel. That which is the strength of their amity shall prove the immediate author of their variance. Shak.

s Parliament, but to be guided by them. Milton. And vying malice with my gentleness, Pick quarrels with their only happiness. Herbert.

One often quarreled with; -- darling. [Obs.] Better be an old man's darling than a young man's warling. Camde

See Windlass. [Obs.] Two arblasts, . . . with windlaces and quarrels. Sir W. Scott.

To dispute angrily; to quarrel peevishly and noisily; to brawl; to altercate. "In spite of occasional wranglings." Macaulay. For a score of kingdoms you should wrangle. Shak. He did not know what it was to wrangle on indifferent points. Addison.

Contentious; quarrelsome. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.