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▪ I. squabbling, vbl. n.|ˈskwɒblɪŋ|
[f. as prec.]
The action of the verb, in various senses.
1611Cotgr., Noisette,..a squabling, or small debate. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 554 Their childish squabling about Nut-shells, Counters and Cherry-stones. 1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xxii. ⁋7 The Breaking, Squabbling, or Hanging, &c. of the Page. 1740Richardson Pamela I. 239 Nothing offers these Days but Squabblings between Mrs. Jewkes and me. 1817J. Scott Paris Revisit. (ed. 4) 181 The squabbling in Athens whether Demosthenes had passed his accounts properly. 1868Daily Tel. 25 July, The usual squabbling ended with the usual postponement at a late hour.
▪ II. ˈsquabbling, ppl. a.
[f. as prec.]
1. Engaging in, given to, petty quarrelling or wrangling.
1632Sherwood, Squabbling, noiseux, rioteux. 1665Glanvill Def. Van. Dogm. p. vi, In a squabbling and contentious Age. 1771Beattie Minstr. i. xvii, Nor cared [he] to mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps. 1841Dickens Barn. Rudge xliii, A dozen squabbling urchins made a very Babel in the air. 1894Roosevelt in Forum Apr. 198 A squabbling multitude of revolution-ridden States.
2. Of the nature of, characterized by, dispute or wrangling.
1664Power Exp. Philos. iii. 184 Ignorance..varnish'd over with a little squabling Sophistry. 1833T. Hook Parson's Dau. iii. xii, There had arisen some squabbling differences amongst his noble passengers. 1879Farrar St. Paul (1883) 51 The partisans..thrust their squabbling Judaism even into the intercourse between a Paul and a Peter. |