quarreling

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

QUAR'RELING, participle present tense Disputing with vehemence or loud angry words; scolding; wrangling; fighting; finding fault; disagreeing. QUAR'RELING, noun [supra.] Contention; dispute in angry words; breach of concord; a caviling or finding fault; disagreement.
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