Quarter :: Quarter (v. t.) Proper station; specific place; assigned position; special location.

Quarter :: Quarter (v. t.) A station at which officers and men are posted in battle; -- usually in the plural.

Quarter :: Quarter (v. t.) Place of lodging or temporary residence; shelter; entertainment; -- usually in the plural.

Quarter :: Quarter (v. t.) A station or encampment occupied by troops; a place of lodging for soldiers or officers; as, winter quarters..

Quarter :: Quarter (v. t.) Treatment shown by an enemy; mercy; especially, the act of sparing the life a conquered enemy; a refraining from pushing one's advantage to extremes..

Quarter :: Quarter (v. t.) Friendship; amity; concord.

Quarter :: Quarter (v. i.) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.

Quarter :: Quarter (v. i.) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels..

Quarter Round :: Quarter round () An ovolo.

Quarter-deck :: Quarter-deck (n.) That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one..

Quarterage :: Quarterage (n.) A quarterly allowance.

Quartered :: Quartered (imp. & p. p.) of Quartte.

Quarterfoil :: Quarterfoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils..

Quarterhung :: Quarterhung (a.) Having trunnions the axes of which lie below the bore; -- said of a cannon.

Quartering :: Quartering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quartte.

Quartering :: Quartering (a.) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object..

Quartering :: Quartering (a.) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other..

Quartering :: Quartering (n.) A station.

Quartering :: Quartering (n.) Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters.

Quartering :: Quartering (n.) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.

Quartering :: Quartering (n.) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer..

Quartering :: Quartering (n.) A series of quarters, or small upright posts. See Quarter, n., 1 (m) (Arch.).

Quarterlies :: Quarterlies (pl. ) of Quarterl.

Quarterly :: Quarterly (a.) Containing, or consisting of, a fourth part; as, quarterly seasons..

Quarterly :: Quarterly (a.) Recurring during, or at the end of, each quarter; as, quarterly payments of rent; a quarterly meeting..

Quarterly :: Quarterly (n.) A periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year..

Quarterly :: Quarterly (adv.) By quarters; once in a quarter of a year; as, the returns are made quarterly..

Quarterly :: Quarterly (adv.) In quarters, or quarterings; as, to bear arms quarterly; in four or more parts; -- said of a shield thus divided by lines drawn through it at right angles..

Quartermaster :: Quartermaster (n.) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies..

Quartermaster :: Quartermaster (n.) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master..

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