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Quartter :: Quartter (v. t.) To furnish with shelter or entertainment; to supply with the means of living for a time; especially, to furnish shelter to; as, to quarter soldiers..

Larboard :: Larboard (a.) On or pertaining to the left-hand side of a vessel; port; as, the larboard quarter..

Coussinet :: Coussinet (n.) That part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volute..

Rest :: Rest (n.) Silence in music or in one of its parts; the name of the character that stands for such silence. They are named as notes are, whole, half, quarter,etc..

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

Breastrail :: Breastrail (n.) The upper rail of any parapet of ordinary height, as of a balcony; the railing of a quarter-deck, etc..

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..

Quarter :: Quarter (n.) That part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, being the side of the coffin..

Breastwork :: Breastwork (n.) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.

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

Jibe :: "Jibe (v. i.) To shift, as the boom of a fore-and-aft sail, from one side of a vessel to the other when the wind is aft or on the quarter. See Gybe..

Coigny :: Coigny (n.) The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody.

Quartern :: Quartern (n.) A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds; -- called also quartern loaf.

Hutch :: Hutch (v. t. & i.) To place in huts; to live in huts; as, to hut troops in winter quarters..

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

Etat Major :: Etat Major () The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, inspectors, quartermasters, commissaries, engineers, ordnance officers, paymasters, physicians, signal officers, judge advocates; also, the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers..

Understair :: Understair (a.) Of or pertaining to the kitchen, or the servants' quarters; hence, subordinate; menial..

Lobby :: Lobby (n.) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.

Corner :: Corner (n.) An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part..

Salary :: Salary (n.) The recompense or consideration paid, or stipulated to be paid, to a person at regular intervals for services; fixed wages, as by the year, quarter, or month; stipend; hire..

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