Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
QUARREL, n.1, v.1 Also quarrell, quarrle; corral (Dmf.).
I. n. A stone-quarry (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Per., sm.Sc. 1967); the stone taken from a quarry (n.Sc. Id.). Still surviving in place-names in many parts of Scotland. Also in n.Eng. dial.Gsw. 1722 Burgh Rec. Gsw. (1909) 156:
The touns quarrell for winning of stones therintill.Abd. 1794 Sc. N. & Q. (Ser. 2) VI. 183:
A commin' up the Quarrel Howe.Ayr. 1885 R. Lawson Maybole 38:
The Corral Glen is properly the Quarry Glen . . . The old Scotch way of writing the word Quarry was Quarrle.
II. v. To carry out quarrying operations, to quarry (n.Sc. 1880 Jam.).
[O.Sc. quarrell, id., 1385. Appar. a variant of Mid.Eng. quarer, O.Fr. quarriere, a quarry.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Quarrel n.1, v.1". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 25 Apr 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/quarrel_n1_v1>
