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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)

  1. (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.

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