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  1. 1. v. i. To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To debate peevishly; to dispute. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A scuffle; a wrangle; a brawl. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. a quarrel about petty points Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. argue over petty things Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 1. To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel. 2. 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. Source: webster
  8. 8. To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry or aremixed and need careful readjustment; -- said of type that has beenset up. Source: adambom
  9. 9. v:48/n:52 n a quarrel about petty points v argue over petty things Source: ecdict

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