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Webster 1913 Edition
Brawl
Brawl
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Brawled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Brawling
.] [OE.
braulen
to quarrel, boast, brallen
to cry, make a noise; cf. LG. brallen
to brag, MHG. pr
[GREEK]ulen
, G. prahlen
, F. brailler
to cry, shout, Pr. brailar
, braillar
, W. bragal
to vociferate, brag, Armor. bragal
to romp, to strut, W. broliaw
to brag, brawl
boast. [GREEK]95.] 1.
To quarrel noisily and outrageously.
Let a man that is a man consider that he is a fool that
brawleth
openly with his wife. Golden Boke.
2.
To complain loudly; to scold.
3.
To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones.
Where the brook
brawls
along the painful road. Wordsworth.
Syn. – To wrangle; squabble; contend.
Brawl
,Noun.
A noisy quarrel; loud, angry contention; a wrangle; a tumult;
as, a drunken
. brawl
His sports were hindered by the
brawls
. Shakespeare
Syn. – Noise; quarrel; uproar; row; tumult.
Webster 1828 Edition
Brawl
BRAWL
,Verb.
I.
1.
To quarrel noisily and indecently.2.
To speak loud and indecently.3.
To roar as water; to make a noise.BRAWL
,Verb.
T.
BRAWL
,Noun.
1.
Formerly, a kind of dance.