Quar"rel, n. [OE. querele, OF. querele, F. querelle, fr. L. querela,
querella, a complaint, fr. queri to complain. See Querulous.] 1. 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.
I will bring a sword upon you that shall avenge the quarrel of my
covenant.
Lev. xxvi. 25.
On open seas their quarrels they debate.
Dryden.
2. Ground of objection, dislike, difference, or hostility; cause of
dispute or contest; occasion of altercation.
Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him.
Mark vi. 19.
No man hath any quarrel to me.
Shak.
He thought he had a good quarrel to attack him.
Holinshed.