A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1606
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(Querelously,) Quarrelously, adv. [e.m.E. quarrelously (1580); f. Querel(o)us adj.] In a contentious or quarrelsome manner. —1606 Birnie Kirk-b. vii.
As if … they would quarrelously demand the combate
