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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
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Quar'ter (kwär'tẽr) intransitive verb To lodge; to have a temporary residence. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/Q/5
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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
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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
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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
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noun a district of a city having some distinguishing character; `the Latin Quarter` Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=quarter
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noun an unspecified person; `he dropped a word in the right quarter` Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=quarter
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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
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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
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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
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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
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• (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/
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(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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