brawl vb. (1 freq. in lit. sense; 2, 3 not pre-S.)
1.
to quarrel noisily; (hence) to be
clamorous, or noisy, or discordant
Meas. IV. i. 11
“my brawling
discontent,”
Shr. IV. i. 209
“I'll rail and
brawl,”
2H4 I. iii. 70
“as the times do ,”
Rom. I. i. 181
“O b-ing love!”
2.
(of a stream) to make
a noise in its course over stones, &c.
AYL. II. i. 32
“the brook that
brawls”
. . .
3.
to beat “down” with clamour
John II. i. 383.
