Bickered

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bicker \Bick"er\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bickered}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Bickering}.] [OE. bikeren, perh. fr. Celtic; cf. W. bicra
     to fight, bicker, bicre conflict, skirmish; perh. akin to E.
     beak.]
     1. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [Obs.]
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              Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together.
                                                    --Holland.
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     2. To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle.
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              Petty things about which men cark and bicker.
                                                    --Barrow.
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     3. To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise;
        to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame.
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              They [streamlets] bickered through the sunny shade.
                                                    --Thomson.
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