to pick a quarrel
51A bone to pick — Bone Bone (b[=o]n; 110), n. [OE. bon, ban, AS. b[=a]n; akin to Icel. bein, Sw. ben, Dan. & D. been, G. bein bone, leg; cf. Icel. beinn straight.] 1. (Anat.) The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely …
52To pick a bone with — Bone Bone (b[=o]n; 110), n. [OE. bon, ban, AS. b[=a]n; akin to Icel. bein, Sw. ben, Dan. & D. been, G. bein bone, leg; cf. Icel. beinn straight.] 1. (Anat.) The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely …
53hawks will not pick out hawks’ eyes — 1573 J. SANFORDE Garden of Pleasure 104 One crowe neuer pulleth out an others eyes. 1817 SCOTT Rob Roy III. iii. I wadna..rest my main dependence on the Hielandmen hawks winna pike out hawks’ een. They quarrel amang them sells..but they are sure… …
54Picked — Pick Pick (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to… …
55Picking — Pick Pick (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to… …
56Discord — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Discord >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 discord discord discordance Sgm: N 1 dissonance dissonance cacophony want of harmony caterwauling Sgm: N 1 harshness harshness &c. 410 =>(Confused sounds) …
57discord — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Want of agreement Nouns 1. discord, discordance, disaccord, dissidence, disagreement, dissonance; friction, incompatibility; variance, difference, dissension, dissent; misunderstanding, cross purposes,… …
58fight — 1 /faIt/ past tense and past participle fought verb 1 WAR (I, T) to take part in a war or battle: Did your Uncle fight in the last war? | fight sb: Vietnam fought France and then the US over 30 years. (+ against/with): He fought against the… …
59noise — {{11}}noise (n.) early 13c., loud outcry, clamor, shouting, from O.Fr. noise din, disturbance, uproar, brawl (11c., in modern French only in phrase chercher noise to pick a quarrel ), also rumor, report, news, apparently from L. nausea disgust,… …
60bicker — I verb agitate, altercate, argue, argue to no purpose, bandy words, battle, be at loggerheads, be at variance, be discordant, brabble, brangle, brawl, cavil, clash, conflict, contend, contest, controvert, differ, disaccord, disagree, dispute,… …
