Definition of quarter

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Quarter (n.) 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..

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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..
Cat :: Cat (n.) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade..
Close :: Close (v. t.) Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters..
Pistole :: Pistole (n.) The name of certain gold coins of various values formerly coined in some countries of Europe. In Spain it was equivalent to a quarter doubloon, or about $3.90, and in Germany and Italy nearly the same. There was an old Italian pistole worth about $5.40..
Quarterpace :: Quarterpace (n.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. See Halfpace.
Cantonment :: Cantonment (n.) A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters..
Quartridge :: Quartridge (n.) Quarterage.
Trimestrial :: Trimestrial (a.) Of or pertaining to a trimester, or period of three months; occurring once in every three months; quarterly..
Gunwale :: Gunwale (n.) The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the upper works of the hull..
Maximilian :: Maximilian (n.) A gold coin of Bavaria, of the value of about 13s. 6d. sterling, or about three dollars and a quarter..
Quarteroon :: Quarteroon (n.) A quadroon.
Frigate-built :: Frigate-built (a.) Built like a frigate with a raised quarter-deck and forecastle.
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..
Weather :: Weather (a.) Being toward the wind, or windward -- opposed to lee; as, weather bow, weather braces, weather gauge, weather lifts, weather quarter, weather shrouds, etc..
Coomb :: Coomb (n.) A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter..
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..
Quarter :: Quarter (v. t.) A division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris..
Breasting :: Breasting (n.) The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See Breast wheel..
Quarteron :: Quarteron (n.) Alt. of Quarteroo.
Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close quarters.
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