Querele
(Quer"ele) n. [See 2d Quarrel.] (O. Eng. Law) A complaint to a court. See Audita Querela.
[Obs.] Ayliffe.
Querent
(Que"rent) n. [L. querens, p. pr. of queri to complain.] (O. Eng. Law) A complainant; a plaintiff.
Querent
(Que"rent), n. [L. quaerens, p. pr. of quaerere to search for, to inquire.] An inquirer. [Obs.]
Aubrey.
Querimonious
(Quer`i*mo"ni*ous) a. [L. querimonia a complaint, fr. queri to complain. See Querulous.]
Complaining; querulous; apt to complain. — Quer`i*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. — Quer`i*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.
Querimony
(Quer"i*mo*ny) n. [L. querimonia.] A complaint or complaining. [Obs.] E. Hall.
Querist
(Que"rist) n. [See Query.] One who inquires, or asks questions. Swift.
Querken
(Querk"en) v. t. [Icel. kverk throat. .] To stifle or choke. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Querl
(Querl) v. t. [G. querlen, quirlen, to twirl, to turn round, fr. querl, querl, a twirling stick. Cf.
Twirl.] To twirl; to turn or wind round; to coil; as, to querl a cord, thread, or rope. [Local, U.S.]
Querl
(Querl), n. A coil; a twirl; as, the qwerl of hair on the fore leg of a blooded horse. [Local, U. S.]
Quern
(Quern) n. [AS. cweorn, cwyrn; akin to D. kweern, OHG. quirn, Icel. kvern, Sw. qvarn, Dan.
quærn, Goth. qairnus Lith. qìrnos, and perh. E. corn.] A mill for grinding grain, the upper stone of
which was turned by hand; — used before the invention of windmills and watermills. Shak.
They made him at the querne grind.
Chaucer. Querpo
(Quer"po) n. The inner or body garments taken together. See Cuerpo. Dryden.
Querquedule
(Quer"que*dule) n. [L. querquedula.] (Zool.) (a) A teal. (b) The pintail duck.
Querry
(Quer"ry) n. A groom; an equerry. [Obs.]
Querulential
(Quer`u*len"tial) a. Querulous. [R.]
Querulous
(Quer"u*lous) a. [L. querulus and querulosus, fr. queri to complain. Cf. Cry, v., Quarrel
a brawl, Quarrelous.]
1. Given to quarreling; quarrelsome. [Obs.] land.
2. Apt to find fault; habitually complaining; disposed to murmur; as, a querulous man or people.
Enmity can hardly be more annoying that querulous, jealous, exacting fondness.
Macaulay. 3. Expressing complaint; fretful; whining; as, a querulous tone of voice.
Syn. — Complaining; bewailing; lamenting; whining; mourning; murmuring; discontented; dissatisfied.
— Quer"u*lous*ly, adv. — Quer"u*lous*ness, n.
Query
(Que"ry) n.; pl. Queries [L. quaere, imperative sing. of quaerere, quaesitum to seek or search
for, to ask, inquire. Cf. Acquire, Conquer, Exquisite, Quest, Require.]
