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- English Word Quarter Definition That part of a boot or shoe which forms the side, from the heel to the vamp.
- English Word Quarter Definition One limb of a quadruped with the adjacent parts; one fourth part of the carcass of a slaughtered animal, including a leg; as, the fore quarters; the hind quarters.
- English Word Quarter Definition The fourth of a ton in weight, or eight bushels of grain; as, a quarter of wheat; also, the fourth part of a chaldron of coal.
- English Word Quarter Definition The fourth of a hundred-weight, being 25 or 28 pounds, according as the hundredweight is reckoned at 100 or 112 pounds.
- English Word Quarter Definition One of the divisions of an escutcheon when it is divided into four portions by a horizontal and a perpendicular line meeting in the fess point.
- English Word Quarter Definition One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc.
- English Word Quarter round Definition An ovolo.
- English Word Quarter-deck Definition That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one.
- English Word Quarterage Definition A quarterly allowance.
- English Word Quartered Definition of Quartter
- English Word Quarterfoil Definition An ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils.
- English Word Quarterhung Definition Having trunnions the axes of which lie below the bore; -- said of a cannon.
- English Word Quartering Definition The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
- English Word Quartering Definition Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters.
- English Word Quartering Definition A station.
- English Word Quartering Definition At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
- English Word Quartering Definition Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object.
- English Word Quartering Definition One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
- English Word Quartering Definition A series of quarters, or small upright posts. See Quarter, n., 1 (m) (Arch.)
- English Word Quartering Definition of Quartter