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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
SQUABBLE, v.i. [I know not the origin of this word, but it seems to be from the root of wabble; G., to vibrate, to quake, to be sleek. See Squab.]
SQUABBLE, n. A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl; a petty quarrel.
To contend for
superiority in an unseemly maner] to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle;
to quarrel.
To debate peevishly; to dispute.
The sense of these propositions is very plain, though logicians might squabble a whole day whether they should rank them under negative or affirmative. I. Watts. Syn. -- To dispute; contend; scuffle; wrangle; quarrel; struggle. To
disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or are mixed and
need careful readjustment; -- said of type that has been set
up.
A scuffle; a wrangle;
a brawl.
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