Definition of "squalling"

Squalling was the word for it, Pew's anger rose so high at these objections; till at last, his passion completely taking the upper hand, he struck at them right and left in his blindness, and his stick sounded heavily on more than one.

1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London, Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883

But my attention was suddenly called from my own situation, by the most appalling shouts and squallings proceeding from the back of the carriage.

1842, Blackwood's Magazine