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Waist :: Waist (n.) Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially (Naut.), that part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc., which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the middle part of the ship..

Midshipman :: Midshipman (n.) Formerly, a kind of naval cadet, in a ship of war, whose business was to carry orders, messages, reports, etc., between the officers of the quarter-deck and those of the forecastle, and render other services as required..

Depot :: Depot (n.) The headquarters of a regiment, where all supplies are received and distributed, recruits are assembled and instructed, infirm or disabled soldiers are taken care of, and all the wants of the regiment are provided for..

Pfennig :: Pfennig (n.) A small copper coin of Germany. It is the hundredth part of a mark, or about a quarter of a cent in United States currency..

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

Halfpace :: Halfpace (n.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.

Coach :: Coach (n.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain..

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

Quadrature :: Quadrature (a.) The position of one heavenly body in respect to another when distant from it 90¡, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition..

Repeater :: Repeater (n.) A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters..

Part :: Part (n.) Quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural.

Chine :: Chine (n.) A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin Chine in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep..

Astragal :: Astragal (n.) A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle..

Quarter :: Quarter (n.) That part of a boot or shoe which forms the side, from the heel to the vamp..

Inch :: Inch (n.) A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime ('), composed of twelve seconds (''), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic..

Quartridge :: Quartridge (n.) Quarterage.

Jack :: "Jack (n.) A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint..

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

Point :: Point (n.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note, to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half, as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a half note equal to three quarter notes..

Springal :: Spring (v. i.) A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored.

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