[f. as prec.] The action of the verb, in various senses.
1611. Cotgr., Noisette,… a squabling, or small debate.
1664. H. More, Myst. Iniq., 554. Their childish squabling about Nut-shells, Counters and Cherry-stones.
1683. Moxon, Mech. Exerc., Printing, xxii. ¶ 7. The Breaking, Squabbling, or Hanging, &c. of the Page.
1740. Richardson, Pamela, I. 239. Nothing offers these Days but Squabblings between Mrs. Jewkes and me.
1817. J. Scott, Paris Revisit. (ed. 4), 181. The squabbling in Athens whether Demosthenes had passed his accounts properly.
1868. Daily Tel., 25 July, 4/2. The usual squabbling ended with the usual postponement at a late hour.
