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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quar(r)el(l)-hole, Quer(r)el(l)-hole, n. Also: querall- and -hoil(l), -holl. A pit or excavation resulting from quarrying, a quarry. = Quar(r)el(l n.² 1.All, or nearly all, of our examples refer to places in central and southern Scotland.(a) 1530 Edinb. B. Statutes 7 Oct.
Scho is adiugit to be drovnit in the quarell hollis at the Gray Frer port 1536–7 Ayr B. Acc. 10.
For the annuell of the quarelhole … xv s. 1540 Lynd. Sat. 3060 (B).
And he hir [a mare] drownit in to the quarrell [Ch. querrell] hoilis Ib. in Bann. MS 184b/155. 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 135.
Querall holes a1578 Pitsc. II 253/24. 1585 Edinb. B. Rec. IV 411.
To fill vp the quarrell hoillis at the Gray Freir port 1624 Reg. Great S. 236/2.
Quarrelhoillis 1660 Melrose Reg. Rec. I 297.
Quarrell holes 1672 Foulis Acc. Bk. 5.
To the children to get curds and whey at the quarrell holls 1677 Edinb. B. Rec. X 298.
There is a dangerous peice hollow ground lyeing neath the quarrel holls(b) 1512 Treas. Acc. IV 421.
To mend the lynyng of the kingis cote and goune quhilk wes wet in the querell holis 1532–3 Dunferm. Reg. Ct. 88.
The production of the clay akeris and querell hoillis is continuit 1561 Reg. Privy S. V i 234/1.
The gait … that passis fra the abbay kirk yard to the querrell hoilis on the eist 1574 Glasgow B. Rec. I 13.
Querrell hoill 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 224.
Ischit furth of Edinburgh … to the querrell holis abone the abbay of Halyrudhous 1605 Reg. Great S. 580/2.
Querrelhoillis