Look up: Quarter


  1. Quarter
    In architecture a quarter is a small piece of timber used in the construction of a wooden partition.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/TQ.HTM

  2. Quarter
    [country subdivision] A quarter is a section of an urban settlement. Its borders can be administratively chosen (then denoted as borough), and it may have its own administrative structure (subordinate to that of the city, town or other urban area). Such a division is particularly common in c...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_(country_subdivision)

  3. Quarter
    Backstage pre-show call given 20 minutes before curtain up (15 minutes before beginners).
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  4. quarter
    [Noun] Plural form: quarters. One of four equal parts. It is also the name of an American coin.
    Example: As there were four of us I cut the cake into quarters.

    Found op http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary/

  5. Quarter
    Ancient Measurement Terms: 2 stones ie. 28 pounds.
    Found op http://www.hemyockcastle.co.uk/measure.htm

  6. Quarter
    A binding of which only the back strip or spine is of the specified material.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20208

  7. quarter
    [n] - one of four periods of play into which some games are divided 2. [n] - a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour 3. [n] - one of four periods into which the school year is divided 4. [n] - a fourth part of a year 5. [n] - one of the four major division o...
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=quarter

  8. Quarter
    (US Currency and Slang) - 25 cents.
    Found op http://www.hemyockcastle.co.uk/money.htm

  9. Quarter
    A old measure of weight used in grain. Wheat-4½ cwt, Barley-4cwt, Oats-3cwt.
    Found op http://www.lethamshank.co.uk/glossary/glossary.php?letter=Q

  10. Quarter
    Direction between directly astern and abeam is 'on the quarter'. The corner between the gunwhale and the transom on each side.
    Found op http://www.go-sail.co.uk/dglossq.html

  11. Quarter
    One of four equal parts. Note: a quarter is also an outdated British unit of weight 1 quarter = 28 pounds (lb). See also: Half, Pound.
    Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/q/u/quarter/source.html

  12. Quarter
    Quar'ter noun [ French quartier , Latin quartarius a fourth part, from quartus the fourth. See Quart .] 1. One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; a...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/Q/5



  1. Quarter
    Quar'ter (kwär'tẽr) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Quartered ; present participle & verbal noun Quartering .] 1. To divide into four equal parts. 2. ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/Q/5

  2. Quarter
    Quar'ter (kwär'tẽr) intransitive verb To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/Q/5

  3. Quarter
    Quar'ter intransitive verb [ French cartayer .] 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. « Every creature that met us would rely on us for quartering .�...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/Q/5

  4. quarter
    1. One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc. Hence, specifically: The fourth of a hundred-weight, being 25 or 28 pounds, according as the hundredweight is reckoned at...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?quarter

  5. quarter
    noun clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent; `he surrendered but asked for quarter`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=quarter

  6. quarter
    noun a district of a city having some distinguishing character; `the Latin Quarter`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=quarter

  7. quarter
    noun an unspecified person; `he dropped a word in the right quarter`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=quarter

  8. quarter
    noun a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar; `he fed four quarters into the slot machine`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=quarter

  9. quarter
    noun one of the four major division of the compass; `the wind is coming from that quarter`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=quarter

  10. quarter
    noun one of four periods into which the school year is divided; `the fall quarter ends at Christmas`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=quarter

  11. quarter
    draw and quarter verb pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him; `in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=quarter

  12. Quarter
    • (n.) One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc. • (v. t.) The fourth part of the distance from one point of the compass to another, being the fourth part o...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/quarter/

  13. quarter
    (from the article `heraldry`) ...orles set closely together. The small shield used as a charge is an inescutcheon and often is used to bear the arms of an heraldic heiress (a ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/q/4

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