Quarrel, vb. to wrangle, to seek occasion of a fray, to pick a quarrel (German: Händel suchen): Ado V, 1, 51. As V, 4, 94. Tw. I, 3, 33. Rom. I, 1, 39. Rom. I, 1, 39 III, 1, 26. III, 1, 26 III, 1, 26 Tim. III, 5, 27. Hml. II, 1, 25. Lr. I, 4, 222. Ant. I, 3, 66. With “at:” Wiv. I, 1, 303. Troil. II, 3, 182. With “with:” Ado V, 1, 50. Rom. III, 1, 18. Rom. III, 1, 18 Rom. III, 1, 18 to q. with == to be in contrast with, to be contrary to: “some defect in her did q. with the noblest grace she owed,” Tp. III, 1, 45. “yet more --ing with occasion,” Merch. III, 5, 61 (contrary to, and seeking to elude, the matter in question; cavilling). “our people q. with obedience,” John V, 1, 9.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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