Defn: Quarrelsome. [Obs.] [Written also quarrellous.] Shak.
QUARRELSOME
Quar"rel*some, a.
Defn: Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.
Syn.
— Pugnacious; irritable; irascible; brawling; choleric; fiery;
petulant.
— Quar"rel*some*ly, adv.
— Quar"rel*some*ness, n.
QUARRIED
Quar"ried, a.
Defn: Provided with prey.
Now I am bravely quarried. Beau. & Fl.
QUARRIER
Quar"ri*er, n.
Defn: A worker in a stone quarry.
QUARRY
Quar"ry, n. Etym: [OE. quarre, OF. quarré square, F. carré, from L.
quadratus square, quadrate, quadratum a square. See Quadrate, and cf.
Quarrel an arrow.]
Defn: Same as 1st Quarrel. [Obs.] Fairfax.