Chapter 1248

I knew two that were competitors for the secretary's place, . . . and yet kept good quarter between themselves. Bacon.

False quarter , a cleft in the quarter of a horse's foot. -- Fifth quarter , the hide and fat; -- a butcher's term. -- On the quarter (Naut.) , in a direction between abeam and astern; opposite, or nearly opposite, a vessel's quarter. -- Quarter aspect . (Astrol.) Same as Quadrate . -- Quarter back (Football) , the player who has position next behind center rush, and receives the ball on the snap back. -- Quarter badge (Naut.) , an ornament on the side of a vessel near, the stern. Mar. Dict. -- Quarter bill (Naut.) , a list specifying the different stations to be taken by the officers and crew in time of action, and the names of the men assigned to each. -- Quarter block (Naut.) , a block fitted under the quarters of a yard on each side of the slings, through which the clew lines and sheets are reeved. R. H. Dana, Jr. -- Quarter boat (Naut.) , a boat hung at a vessel's quarter. -- Quarter cloths (Naut.) , long pieces of painted canvas, used to cover the quarter netting. -- Quarter day , a day regarded as terminating a quarter of the year; hence, one on which any payment, especially rent, becomes due. In matters influenced by United States statutes, quarter days are the first days of January, April, July, and October. In New York and many other places, as between landlord and tenant, they are the first days of May, August, November, and February. The quarter days usually recognized in England are 25th of March (Lady Day), the 24th of June (Midsummer Day), the 29th of September (Michaelmas Day), and the 25th of December (Christmas Day). -- Quarter face , in fine arts, portrait painting, etc., a face turned away so that but one quarter is visible. -- Quarter gallery (Naut.) , a balcony on the quarter of a ship. See Gallery , 4. -- Quarter gunner (Naut.) , a petty officer who assists the gunner. -- Quarter look , a side glance. [Obs.] B. Jonson . -- Quarter nettings (Naut.) , hammock nettings along the quarter rails. -- Quarter note (Mus.) , a note equal in duration to half a minim or a fourth of semibreve; a crochet. -- Quarter pieces (Naut.) , several pieces of timber at the after-part of the quarter gallery, near the taffrail. Totten . -- Quarter point . (Naut.) See Quarter , n. , 1 (n) . -- Quarter railing , ∨ Quarter rails (Naut.) , narrow molded planks reaching from the top of the stern to the gangway, serving as a fence to the quarter-deck. -- Quarter sessions (Eng. Law) , a general court of criminal jurisdiction held quarterly by the justices of peace in counties and by the recorders in boroughs. -- Quarter square (Math.) , the fourth part of the square of a number. Tables of quarter squares have been devised to save labor in multiplying numbers. -- Quarter turn , Quarter turn belt (Mach.) , an arrangement in which a belt transmits motion between two shafts which are at right angles with each other. -- Quarter watch (Naut.) , a subdivision of the full watch (one fourth of the crew) on a man-of- war. -- To give , ∨ show , quarter (Mil.) , to accept as prisoner, on submission in battle; to forbear to kill, as a vanquished enemy. -- To keep quarter . See Quarter , n. , 3.

Quartter <Xpage=1174>

Quart"ter (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Quartered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Quartering .] 1. To divide into four equal parts.

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2. To divide; to separate into parts or regions.

Then sailors quartered heaven. Dryden.

3. To furnish with shelter or entertainment; to supply with the means of living for a time; especially, to furnish shelter to; as, to quarter soldiers .

They mean this night in Sardis to be quartered . Shak.

4. To furnish as a portion; to allot. [R.]

This isle . . . He quarters to his blue-haired deities. Milton.

5. (Her.) To arrange (different coats of arms) upon one escutcheon, as when a man inherits from both father and mother the right to bear arms.

&hand; When only two coats of arms are so combined they are arranged in four compartments. See Quarter , n. , 1 (f) .

Quarter <Xpage=1175>

Quar"ter (?) , v. i. To lodge; to have a temporary residence.

Quarter <Xpage=1175>

Quar"ter , v. i. [F. 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.

Quarterage <Xpage=1175>

Quar"ter*age (?) , n. A quarterly allowance.

Quarter-deck <Xpage=1175>

Quar"ter-deck` (?) , n. (Naut.) That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one.

&hand; The quarter-deck is reserved as a promenade for the officers and (in passenger vessels) for the cabin passengers.

Quarterfoil <Xpage=1175>

Quar"ter*foil` (?) , n. [ Quarier + foil : cf. F. quatre .] (Arch.) An ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils.

Quarterhung <Xpage=1175>

Quar"ter*hung` (?) , a. (Ordnance) Having trunnions the axes of which lie below the bore; -- said of a cannon.

Quartering <Xpage=1175>

Quar"ter*ing , a. 1. (Naut.) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object.

2. (Mach.) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.

Quartering <Xpage=1175>

Quar"ter*ing , n. 1. A station. [Obs.]

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 compartments. (b) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.

4. (Arch.) A series of quarters, or small upright posts. See Quarter , n. , 1 (m) (Arch.)

Gwilt.

Quartering block , a block on which the body of a condemned criminal was quartered.

Macaulay.

Quarterly <Xpage=1175>

Quar"ter*ly , a. 1. Containing, or consisting of, a fourth part; as, quarterly seasons .

2. Recurring during, or at the end of, each quarter; as, quarterly payments of rent; a quarterly meeting.

Quarterly <Xpage=1175>

Quar"ter*ly , n. ; pl. Quarterlies (<?/) . A periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year.

Quarterly <Xpage=1175>

Quar"ter*ly , adv. 1. By quarters; once in a quarter of a year; as, the returns are made quarterly .

2. (Her.) 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.

Quartermaster <Xpage=1175>

Quar"ter*mas`ter (?) , n. [ Quarter + master : cf. F. quartier-ma\'8ctre .] 1. (Mil.) 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.

2. (Naut.) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master.

Totten.

Quartermaster general (Mil.) , in the United States a staff officer, who has the rank of brigadier general and is the chief officer in the quartermaster's department; in England, an officer of high rank stationed at the War Office having similar duties; also, a staff officer, usually a general officer, accompanying each complete army in the field. -- Quartermaster sergeant . See Sergeant .

Quartern <Xpage=1175>

Quar"tern (?) , n. [OE. quarteroun , quartron , F. quarteron , the fourth part of a pound, or of a hundred; cf. L. quartarius a fourth part, quarter of any measure, quartern, gill. See Quarter , and cf. Quarteron , Quadroon .] 1. 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.).

2. A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds; -- called also quartern loaf .

Simmonds.

Quarteron <Xpage=1175>

Quar"ter*on (?) , n. [F. See Quartern .] A quarter; esp., a quarter of a pound, or a quarter of a hundred.

Piers Plowman.

Quarteron, Quarteroon <Xpage=1175>

Quar"ter*on (?) , Quar"ter*oon (?) , n. A quadroon.

Quarterpace <Xpage=1175>

Quar"ter*pace` (?) , n. (Arch.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. See Halfpace .

Quarter round <Xpage=1175>

Quar"ter round` (?) . (Arch.) An ovolo.

Quarterstaff <Xpage=1175>

Quar"ter*staff` (?) , n. ; pl. Quarterstaves (<?/) . A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end.

Quartet, Quartette <Xpage=1175>

Quar*tet" , Quar*tette" (?) , n. [It. quartetto , dim. of quarto the fourth, a fourth part, fr. L. quartus the fourth. See Quart .] 1. (Mus.) (a) A composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument. (b) The set of four person who perform a piece of music in four parts.

2. (Poet.) A stanza of four lines.

Quartic <Xpage=1175>

Quar"tic (?) , a. [L. quartus fourth.] (Mach.) Of the fourth degree.

Quartic <Xpage=1175>

Quar"tic (?) , n. (a) (Alg.) A quantic of the fourth degree. See Quantic . (b) (Geom.) A curve or surface whose equation is of the fourth degree in the variables.

Quartile <Xpage=1175>

Quar"tile (?) , n. [F. quartile aspect , fr. L. quartus the fourth. See Quart .] (Astrol.) Same as Quadrate .

Quartine <Xpage=1175>

Quar"tine (?) , n. [F., fr. L. quartus the fourth.] (Bot.) A supposed fourth integument of an ovule, counting from the outside.

Quarto <Xpage=1175>

Quar"to (?) , a. [L. in quarto in fourth, from quartus the fourth: cf. F. ( in ) quarto . See Quart .] Having four leaves to the sheet; of the form or size of a quarto.

Quarto <Xpage=1175>

Quar"to , n. ; pl. Quartos (<?/) . Originally, a book of the size of the fourth of sheet of printing paper; a size leaves; in present usage, a book of a square or nearly square form, and usually of large size.

Quartridge <Xpage=1175>

Quar"tridge (?) , n. Quarterage. [Obs.]

Quartz <Xpage=1175>

Quartz (?) , n. [G. quarz .] (Min.) A form of silica, or silicon dioxide ( SiO2 ), occurring in hexagonal crystals, which are commonly colorless and transparent, but sometimes also yellow, brown, purple, green, and of other colors; also in cryptocrystalline massive forms varying in color and degree of transparency, being sometimes opaque.

&hand; The crystalline varieties include: amethyst , violet ; citrine and false topaz , pale yellow; rock crystal , transparent and colorless or nearly so; rose quartz , rosecolored; smoky quartz , smoky brown. The chief crypto-crystalline varieties are: agate , a chalcedony in layers or clouded with different colors, including the onyx and sardonyx ; carnelian and sard , red or flesh-colored chalcedony; chalcedony , nearly white, and waxy in luster; chrysoprase , an apple-green chalcedony; flint , hornstone , basanite , or touchstone , brown to black in color and compact in texture; heliotrope , green dotted with red; jasper , opaque, red yellow, or brown, colored by iron or ferruginous clay; prase , translucent and dull leek-green. Quartz is an essential constituent of granite, and abounds in rocks of all ages. It forms the rocks quartzite ( quartz rock ) and sandstone, and makes most of the sand of the seashore.

Quartziferous <Xpage=1175>

Quartz*if"er*ous (?) , a. [ Quartz + -ferous .] (Min.) Consisting chiefly of quartz; containing quartz.

Quartzite <Xpage=1175>

Quartz"ite (?) , n. [Cf. F. quartzite .] (Min.) Massive quartz occurring as a rock; a metamorphosed sandstone; -- called also quartz rock .

Quartzoid <Xpage=1175>

Quartz"oid (?) , n. [ Quartz + -oid .] (Crystallog.) A form of crystal common with quartz, consisting of two six-sided pyramids, base to base.

Quartzose <Xpage=1175>

Quartz"ose` (?) , a. [Cf. F. quartzeux , G. quarzig .] (Min.) Containing, or resembling, quartz; partaking of the nature or qualities of quartz.

quartzous <Xpage=1175>

quartz"ous (?) , a. (Min.) Quarzose.

Quartzy <Xpage=1175>

Quartz"y (?) , a. (Min.) Quartzose.

Quas <Xpage=1175>

Quas (?) , n. A kind of beer. Same as Quass .

Quaschi, Quasje <Xpage=1175>

Quas"chi (?) , Quas"je (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The brown coati. See Coati .

Quash <Xpage=1175>

Quash (?) , n. Same as Squash .

Quash <Xpage=1175>

Quash , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Quashed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Quashing .] [OF. quasser , F. casser , fr. L. cassare to annihilate, annul, fr. cassus empty, vain, of uncertain origin. The word has been confused with L. quassare to shake, F. casser to break, which is probably of different origin. Cf. Cashier , v. t. ] (Law) To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment .

Blackstone.

Quash <Xpage=1175>

Quash , v. t. [OF. quasser , F. casser , fr. L. quassare to shake, shatter, shiver, v. intens. fr. quatere , quassum , to shake, shatter. Cf. Concussion , Discuss , Rescue , and also Quash to annul.] 1. To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush.

The whales Against sharp rocks, like reeling vessels, quashed , Though huge as mountains, are in pieces dashed. Waller.

2. To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion .

Contrition is apt to quash or allay all worldly grief. Barrow.

Quash <Xpage=1175>

Quash , v. i. To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise.

Quashee <Xpage=1175>

Quash"ee (?) , n. A negro of the West Indies.

Quasi <Xpage=1175>

Qua"si (?) . [L.] As if; as though; as it were; in a manner sense or degree; having some resemblance to; qualified; -- used as an adjective, or a prefix with a noun or an adjective; as, a quasi contract, an implied contract, an obligation which has arisen from some act, as if from a contract; a quasi corporation, a body that has some, but not all, of the peculiar attributes of a corporation; a quasi argument, that which resembles, or is used as, an argument; quasi historical, apparently historical, seeming to be historical .

Quasimodo <Xpage=1175>

Quas`i*mo"do (?) , n. [So called from the first words of the Latin introit, quasi modo geniti infantes as newborn babes, 1 Pet. ii. 2 .] (R. C. Ch.) The first Sunday after Easter; Low Sunday.

Quass <Xpage=1175>

Quass (?) , n. [Russ. kvas' .] A thin, sour beer, made by pouring warm water on rye or barley meal and letting it ferment, -- much used by the Russians. [written also quas .]

Quassation <Xpage=1175>

Quas*sa"tion (?) , n. [L. quassatio , from quassare to shake. See Quash to crush.] The act of shaking, or the state of being shaken.

Gayton.

Quassia <Xpage=1175>

Quas"si*a (?) , n. [NL. From the name of a negro, Quassy , or Quash , who prescribed this article as a specific.] The wood of several tropical American trees of the order Simarube\'91 , as Quassia amara , Picr\'91na excelsa , and Simaruba amara . It is intensely bitter, and is used in medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making beer.

Quassin <Xpage=1175>

Quas"sin (?) , n. [Cf. F. quassine . See Quassia .] (Chem.) The bitter principle of quassia, extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly called quassite . [Written also quass\'c6in , and quassine .]

Quat <Xpage=1175>

Quat (?) , n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (a) A pustule. [Obs.] (b) An annoying, worthless person.

Shak.

Quat <Xpage=1175>

Quat , v. t. To satiate; to satisfy. [Prov. Eng.]

Quata <Xpage=1175>

Qua"ta (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The coaita.

Quatch <Xpage=1175>

Quatch (?) , a. Squat; flat. [Obs.]

Shak.

Quater-cousin <Xpage=1175>

Qua"ter-cous`in (?) , n. [F. quatre four + cousin , E. cousin .] A cousin within the first four degrees of kindred.

Quaternary <Xpage=1175>

Qua*ter"na*ry (?) , a. [L. quaternarius consisting of four each, containing four, fr. quaterni four each, fr. quattuor four: cf. F. quaternaire . See Four .]

1. Consisting of four; by fours, or in sets of four.

2. (Geol.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Tertiary; Post-tertiary; as, the Quaternary age, or Age of man .

Quaternary <Xpage=1175>

Qua*ter"na*ry , n. [L. numerus quaternarius : cf. F. quaternaire .] 1. The number four.

Boyle.

2. (Geol.) The Quaternary age, era, or formation. See the Chart of Geology .

Quaternate <Xpage=1175>

Qua*ter"nate (?) , a. Composed of, or arranged in, sets of four; quaternary; as, quaternate leaves .

Quaternion <Xpage=1175>

Qua*ter"ni*on (?) , n. [L. quaternio , fr. quaterni four each. See Quaternary .] 1. The number four. [Poetic]

2. A set of four parts, things, or person; four things taken collectively; a group of four words, phrases, circumstances, facts, or the like.

Delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers. Acts xii. 4.

Ye elements, the eldest birth Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run. Milton.

The triads and quaternions with which he loaded his sentences. Sir W. Scott.

3. A word of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.