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Cudgel :: Cudgel (n.) A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon..

Value :: Value (n.) The relative length or duration of a tone or note, answering to quantity in prosody; thus, a quarter note [/] has the value of two eighth notes [/]..

Hippocampus :: Hippocampus (n.) A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune..

Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note..

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..

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

Belgravian :: Belgravian (a.) Belonging to Belgravia (a fashionable quarter of London, around Pimlico), or to fashionable life; aristocratic..

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

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

Three-quarter :: Three-quarter (a.) Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said of portraitures.

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

Marshal :: Marshal (v. t.) To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement..

Garrison :: Garrison (n.) A fortified place, in which troops are quartered for its security..

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

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

Quarter :: Quarter (n.) The fourth of a hundred-weight, being 25 or 28 pounds, according as the hundredweight is reckoned at 100 or 112 pounds..

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

Septfoil :: Septfoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having seven lobes. Cf. Cinquefoil, Quarterfoil, and Trefoil..

Quarterpace :: Quarterpace (n.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. See Halfpace.

Station :: Station (n.) The headquarters of the police force of any precinct.

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