quarl

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwɔː(ɹ)l/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)l

Etymology 1

From German Qualle.

Noun

quarl (plural quarls)

  1. (archaic) A medusa or jellyfish.
    • 1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay:
      The jellied quarl that flings / At once a thousand streaming stings.
    • 1839, American Quarterly Review, volume 19:
      The quarl wraps around him his long arms.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to quarrel, a kind of tile?”)

Noun

quarl (plural quarls)

  1. A fire-resistant channel for a burner in a boiler or furnace.
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