What is the meaning of QUARTER. Phrases containing QUARTER
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pl.
of Quarterly
a.
Recurring during, or at the end of, each quarter; as, quarterly payments of rent; a quarterly meeting.
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Containing, or consisting of, a fourth part; as, quarterly seasons.
adv.
In quarters, or quarterings; as, to bear arms quarterly; in four or more parts; -- said of a shield thus divided by lines drawn through it at right angles.
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Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters.
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A periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year.
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A quarterly allowance.
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One limb of a quadruped with the adjacent parts; one fourth part of the carcass of a slaughtered animal, including a leg; as, the fore quarters; the hind quarters.
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The after-part of a vessel's side, generally corresponding in extent with the quarter-deck; also, the part of the yardarm outside of the slings.
v. t.
A station or encampment occupied by troops; a place of lodging for soldiers or officers; as, winter quarters.
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A quarter; esp., a quarter of a pound, or a quarter of a hundred.
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Alt. of Quarteroon
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By quarters; once in a quarter of a year; as, the returns are made quarterly.
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of Quarterstaff
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A division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris.
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A series of quarters, or small upright posts. See Quarter, n., 1 (m) (Arch.)
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A quarter. Specifically: (a) The fourth part of a pint; a gill. (b) The fourth part of a peck, or of a stone (14 ibs.).
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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.
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A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds; -- called also quartern loaf.
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An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.
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