quarl
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Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
quarl (plural quarls)
- (archaic) A medusa or jellyfish.
- 1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay:
- The jellied quarl that flings / At once a thousand streaming stings.
- 1839, American Quarterly Review, volume 19:
- The quarl wraps around him his long arms.
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to quarrel, a kind of tile?”)
Noun[edit]
quarl (plural quarls)