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Midshipman :: Midshipman (n.) Formerly, a kind of naval cadet, in a ship of war, whose business was to carry orders, messages, reports, etc., between the officers of the quarter-deck and those of the forecastle, and render other services as required..

Quarter :: Quarter (v. t.) Friendship; amity; concord.

Pesade :: Pesade (n.) The motion of a horse when, raising his fore quarters, he keeps his hind feet on the ground without advancing; rearing..

Dingdong :: Dingdong (n.) An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struck upon bells of different tones.

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..

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

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..

Tattoo :: Tattoo (n.) A beat of drum, or sound of a trumpet or bugle, at night, giving notice to soldiers to retreat, or to repair to their quarters in garrison, or to their tents in camp..

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

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

Buttonhole :: Buttonhole (v. t.) To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour..

Large :: Large (superl.) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; -- said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter..

Quartering :: Quartering (n.) A station.

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..

Canton :: Canton (v. i.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops..

Quateron :: Quateron (n.) See 2d Quarteron.

Bumkin :: Bumkin (n.) A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen..

Quarterly :: Quarterly (adv.) By quarters; once in a quarter of a year; as, the returns are made quarterly..

Quarter :: Quarter (v. t.) A division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris..

Stanchion :: Stanchion (n.) Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for the deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc..

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