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Definition of quarter
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of quarter is as below...
Quarter
(v. t.) A
division
of a town, city, or
county;
a
particular
district;
a
locality;
as, the Latin
quarter
in
Paris..
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Billet
::
Billet
(v. t.) To
direct,
by a
ticket
or note, where to
lodge.
Hence:
To
quarter,
or place in
lodgings,
as
soldiers
in
private
houses..
Cottise
::
Cottise
(n.) A
diminutive
of the
bendlet,
containing
one half its area or one
quarter
the area of the bend. When a
single
cottise
is used alone it is often
called
a cost. See also
Couple-close..
Half-moon
::
Half-moon
(n.) The moon at the
quarters,
when half its disk
appears
illuminated..
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..
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..
Boomerang
::
Boomerang
(n.) A very
singular
missile
weapon
used by the
natives
of
Australia
and in some parts of
India.
It is
usually
a
curved
stick of hard wood, from
twenty
to
thirty
inches
in
length,
from two to three
inches
wide, and half or three
quarters
of an inch
thick.
When
thrown
from the hand with a quick
rotary
motion,
it
describes
very
remarkable
curves,
according
to the shape of the
instrument
and the
manner
of
throwing
it, often
moving
nearly
horizontally
a long
distance,
then
curving
upward
t
Enharmonical
::
Enharmonical
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to that one of the three kinds of
musical
scale
(diatonic,
chromatic,
enharmonic)
recognized
by the
ancient
Greeks,
which
consisted
of
quarter
tones and major
thirds,
and was
regarded
as the most
accurate..
Quarter
::
Quarter
(v. t.) A small
upright
timber
post, used in
partitions;
-- in the
United
States
more
commonly
called
stud..
Quarterly
::
Quarterly
(n.) A
periodical
work
published
once a
quarter,
or four times in a
year..
Quarter
::
Quarter
(v. t.) The
fourth
part of the
distance
from one point of the
compass
to
another,
being the
fourth
part of 11¡ 15', that is, about 2¡ 49'; --
called
also
quarter
point..
Astragal
::
Astragal
(n.) A
convex
molding
of
rounded
surface,
generally
from half to three
quarters
of a
circle..
Quarterpace
::
Quarterpace
(n.) A
platform
of a
staircase
where the stair turns at a right angle only. See
Halfpace.
Gallery
::
Gallery
(a.) A
frame,
like a
balcony,
projecting
from the stern or
quarter
of a ship, and hence
called
stern
gallery
or
quarter
gallery,
--
seldom
found in
vessels
built since
1850..
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..
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..
Quartering
::
Quartering
(n.)
Assignment
of
quarters
for
soldiers;
quarters.
Quadrant
::
Quadrant
(n.) The
quarter
of a
circle,
or of the
circumference
of a
circle,
an arc of 90¡, or one
subtending
a right angle at the
center..
Pesade
::
Pesade
(n.) The
motion
of a horse when,
raising
his fore
quarters,
he keeps his hind feet on the
ground
without
advancing;
rearing..
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..
Quarterstaff
::
Quarterstaff
(n.) A long and stout staff
formerly
used as a
weapon
of
defense
and
offense;
-- so
called
because
in
holding
it one hand was
placed
in the
middle,
and the other
between
the
middle
and the end..
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