| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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A short, stout arrow used in the crossbow. (A corruption of carrial; Welsh, chwarel; French, carreau. So called because the head was originally carré or four-sided. Hence also a quarrel or quarry of glass, meaning a square or diamond-shaped pane; quarier, a square wax-candle, etc.) | 1 |
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| “Quarelles qwayntly swappez thorowe knyghtez |
| With iryne so wekyrly, that wynche they never.” | |
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