quarl

English edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

From German Qualle.

Noun edit

quarl (plural quarls)

(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 edit

(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 edit

quarl (plural quarls)

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