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Cat :: Cat (n.) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade..

Handygripe :: Handygripe (n.) Seizure by, or grasp of, the hand; also, close quarters in fighting..

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..

Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal..

Starboard :: Starboard (a.) Pertaining to the right-hand side of a ship; being or lying on the right side; as, the starboard quarter; starboard tack..

Barracoon :: Barracoon (n.) A slave warehouse, or an inclosure where slaves are quartered temporarily..

Lamb''s-quarters :: Lamb's-quarters (n.) A name given to several plants of the Goosefoot family, sometimes used as pot herbs, as Chenopodium album and Atriplex patulsa..

Nail :: Nail (a.) A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the sixteenth of a yard..

Corner :: Corner (n.) Direction; quarter.

Scuffle :: Scuffle (n.) A rough, haphazard struggle, or trial of strength; a disorderly wrestling at close quarters..

Quadrant :: Quadrant (n.) The fourth part; the quarter.

Ward :: Ward (n.) A division, district, or quarter of a town or city..

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

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

Quadrate :: Quadrate (a.) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90¡, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. See the Note under Aspect, 6..

Western :: Western (a.) Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore of France; the western ocean..

Echinus :: Echinus (n.) The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See Illust. of Colum.

Ember :: Ember (a.) Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts..

Encamp :: Encamp (v. t.) To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters..

Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close quarters.

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