Obs. exc. dial. [Of unknown origin: cf. QUARL v.] intr. To curdle, coagulate.
1578. Lyte, Dodoens, II. lxxiv. 246. It [Mynte] … keepeth the mylke from quarring, and crudding in the brest.
1591. Percivall, Sp. Dict., Engrumecer, to clot, to quar like cold blood.
Quar, obs. north. f. WHERE and were (see BE v.).
