Vocabulary : Quar to Quarrelled

Quar : A quarry.
Quarantine : A space of forty days; -- used of Lent. ;; Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed. ;; The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized. ;; To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place, without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious disease; to put under, or in, quarantine.
Quarantined : of Quarantine
Quarantining : of Quarantine
Quarl : A medusa, or jellyfish.

Quarrel : An arrow for a crossbow; -- so named because it commonly had a square head. ;; Any small square or quadrangular member ;; A square of glass, esp. when set diagonally. ;; A small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps, etc., make the form nearly square. ;; A square or lozenge-shaped paving tile. ;; A glazier's diamond. ;; A four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end. ;; A breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out; a difference; a disagreement; an antagonism in opinion, feeling, or conduct; esp., an angry dispute, contest, or strife; a brawl; an altercation; as, he had a quarrel with his father about expenses. ;; Ground of objection, dislike, difference, or hostility; cause of dispute or contest; occasion of altercation. ;; Earnest desire or longing. ;; To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become antagonistic. ;; To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight. ;; To find fault; to cavil; as
Quarreled : of Quarrel
Quarrelet : A little quarrel. See 1st Quarrel, 2.
Quarreling : of Quarrel ;; Engaged in a quarrel; apt or disposed to quarrel; as, quarreling factions; a quarreling mood.
Quarrelled : of Quarrel

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