- Argue over petty things - Cavil, split hairs - Petty argument arose when contents of squib blew - Petty objection - Raise objections - A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or
evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil. - A pun; a low conceit.
- Carp - Raise objections - To give utterance to expression of grief, pain,
censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly
used with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel. - To make a formal accusation; to make a charge. - To lament; to bewail.