To pick a quarrel. See under Pick, v. t.
Syn. -- Brawl; broil; squabble; affray; feud; tumult; contest; dispute;
altercation; contention; wrangle.
Quar"rel, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quarreled (?) or Quarrelled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Quarreling or Quarrelling.] 1. To violate concord or agreement; to
have a difference; to fall out; to be or become antagonistic.
Our people quarrel with obedience.
Shak.
But some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed.
Shak.
2. To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to
altercate; to contend; to fight.
Beasts called sociable quarrel in hunger and lust.
Sir W. Temple.