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1. Quarter
   In architecture a quarter is a small piece of timber used in the construction of a wooden partition.
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2. Quarter
   Backstage pre-show call given 20 minutes before curtain up (15 minutes before beginners).
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3. 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.
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4. Quarter
   Ancient Measurement Terms: 2 stones ie. 28 pounds.
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5. Quarter
   A binding of which only the back strip or spine is of the specified material.
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6. 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...
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7. Quarter
   (US Currency and Slang) - 25 cents.
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8. Quarter
   A old measure of weight used in grain. Wheat-4½ cwt, Barley-4cwt, Oats-3cwt.
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9. Quarter
   Direction between directly astern and abeam is 'on the quarter'. The corner between the gunwhale and the transom on each side.
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10. 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 Note: a quarter is also an outdated British unit of weight 1 quarter = 28 pounds (lb).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.
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11. quarter
    a half divided by a transversal cut by which the leg and breast quarters are obtained Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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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...
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13. Quarter
    Quar'ter (kwär'tẽr) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Quartered ; present participle & verbal noun Quartering .] 1. To divide into four equal parts. 2. ...
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14. Quarter
    Quar'ter (kwär'tẽr) intransitive verb To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
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15. 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 .» De Quincey.
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16. 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...
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17. quarter
    noun clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent; `he surrendered but asked for quarter`
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18. quarter
    noun a district of a city having some distinguishing character; `the Latin Quarter`
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19. quarter
    noun an unspecified person; `he dropped a word in the right quarter`
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20. quarter
    noun a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar; `he fed four quarters into the slot machine`
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21. quarter
    noun one of the four major division of the compass; `the wind is coming from that quarter`
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22. quarter
    noun one of four periods into which the school year is divided; `the fall quarter ends at Christmas`
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23. 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`
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24. 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 of 11
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25. 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 ...
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