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61Contentious jurisdiction — Contentious Con*ten tious, a. [L. contentiosus: cf. F. contentieux.] 1. Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome. [1913 Webster] Despotic and contentious temper. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Relating… …
62Contentiously — Contentious Con*ten tious, a. [L. contentiosus: cf. F. contentieux.] 1. Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome. [1913 Webster] Despotic and contentious temper. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Relating… …
63Contentiousness — Contentious Con*ten tious, a. [L. contentiosus: cf. F. contentieux.] 1. Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome. [1913 Webster] Despotic and contentious temper. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Relating… …
64Disembrangle — Dis em*bran gle, v. t. [Pref. dis + em = en (L. in) + brangle.] To free from wrangling or litigation. [Obs.] Berkeley. [1913 Webster] …
65Dispute — Dis*pute , n. [Cf. F. dispute. See {Dispute}, v. i.] 1. Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate. [1913 Webster] Addicted more To contemplation and… …
66Dusky — Dusk y, a. 1. Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley. [1913 Webster] Through dusky lane and wrangling mart. Keble. [1913 Webster] 2. Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark colored; not bright; as, a dusky… …
67Flite — Flite, Flyte Flyte, n. [AS. fl[=i]t. See {Flite}.] Strife; dispute; abusive or upbraiding talk, as in fliting; wrangling. [Obs. or Scot. & Prov. Eng.] The bird of Pallas has also a good flyte on the moral side . . . in his suggestion that the… …
68Flyte — Flite Flite, Flyte Flyte, n. [AS. fl[=i]t. See {Flite}.] Strife; dispute; abusive or upbraiding talk, as in fliting; wrangling. [Obs. or Scot. & Prov. Eng.] The bird of Pallas has also a good flyte on the moral side . . . in his suggestion that… …
69Jangle — Jan gle, n. [Cf. OF. jangle.] [1913 Webster] 1. Idle talk; prate; chatter; babble. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. Discordant sound; wrangling. [1913 Webster] 3. The unmelodious ringing of multiple metallic objects striking together, such as a set of… …
70Jangler — Jan gler, n. [Cf. OF. jangleor.] [1913 Webster] 1. An idle talker; a babbler; a prater. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A wrangling, noisy fellow. [1913 Webster] …