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Webster 1913 Edition

Quarl

Quarl

,

Noun.

[Cf. G.

qualle

.]

(Zool.)

A medusa, or jellyfish.

[R.]

The jellied

quarl

that flings
At once a thousand streaming stings.

J. R. Drake.

Definition 2024

quarl

quarl

English

Noun

quarl ‎(plural quarls)

(archaic) A medusa or jellyfish.

The jellied quarl that flings / At once a thousand streaming stings. — J. R. Drake.

The quarl wraps around him his long arms — Fitz-Greene Halleck.

See also

quarrel