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1. Quartering
   In architecture quartering is a series of quarters, or small upright posts.
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2. quartering
   [n] - a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon 2. [n] - living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel) 3. [n] - dividing into four equal parts
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3. quartering
   wind that blows from a direction half way between abeam and astern Category: General
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4. quartering
   Type of veneering using four pieces of wood with the same grain pattern to form a surface; each quarter has a pattern that is a mirror image of the one alongside.
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5. Quartering
   Quar'ter·ing adjective 1. (Nautical) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object. 2. (Machinery) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
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6. Quartering
   Quar'ter·ing noun 1. A station. [ Obsolete] Bp. Montagu. 2. Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters. 3. (Her.) (a) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more comp...
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7. quartering
   1. A station. ... 2. Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters. ... 3. The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments. One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer. ... 4. Quartering block, a block ...
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8. quartering
   noun dividing into four equal parts
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9. quartering
   noun living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel)
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10. Quartering
    • (n.) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quartter • (n.) A series of quarters, or small upright posts. See Quarter, n., 1 (m) (Arch.) • (a.) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, wh...
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11. quartering
    (from the article `heraldry`) In the quarterings and the marshaling (arrangement of more than one coat of arms on the same shield), the position of heiresses must be considered ...
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12. quartering
    (from the article `logistics`) The provision of military facilities, as distinct from fortification, did not become a large and complex sphere of logistic activity until the ...
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13. Quartering
    In heraldry, quartering is the division or marshalling of a shield by lines drawn per pale and per fesse cutting each other, each division containing different coats of arms, and divifing the shield into four or more compartments. The term quartering also describes one of the different coats of arms...
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14. Quartering
    Quartering is a form of torturous execution in which the victim is torn apart by four horses, one each attached to each limb and then driven in opposite directions. A typical example is recounted by Casanova who witnessed the execution of Damien in 1757. He recounts how every available spot within s...
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15. Quartering
    (heraldry) `Quartering` in heraldry is a method of joining several different coats of arms together in one shield by dividing the shield into equal parts and placing different coats of arms in each division. Typically, a quartering consists of a division into four equal parts, two above and t...
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