A quarrel is the technical term for a crossbow bolt, so called on account of the square shape its head (from the Latinquadrus -- "a square").
(Quarrels and arrows have different characteristics. Quarrels fall at the same rate, independent of the speed of flight. Arrows,kl in contrast, depend on gaining lift in flight, and hence have their centre of balance at a point about 9% of their length forward of their center. This is called "point plaining".)
Quarrel took his work very seriously, he was superstitious in a way that he believed the myth of a fire breathing dragon protecting Crab Key, he was somewhat true to the point, but it was actually the "dragon-tank".
Quarrel proved to be a valuable ally to Bond as he aided in the investigation of Strangway's disappearance.
Quarrel had said he knew many people who visited Crab Key and never returned, and that it was rumoured there was a "fire breathing dragon" guarding the island.
A contributor of verse to the Spectator, he was a friend of Addison, for whom he wrote a fine elegy (1721).
Mirabeau's life before 1789 was characterized by wild excesses, which ruined his health and caused him to be repeatedly jailedâseveral times on the request of his father, with whom he carried on a public quarrel.
Quarrel involvement of school-aged children: gender differences, age trends, and school adjustment correlates.
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