"Quarter" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
The fourth part of any-thlng. especlally of a year. Also a length of four inches. In England, a measure of corn, generally reckoned at eight bushels, though subject to local variations. See Hospltal St. Cross v. Lord Howard De walden, 6 Term, 343. In Amerlcan land law, a quarter sec-tion of land. See infra. And see McCart-ney v. Dennison, 101 Cal. 252, 35 Pac 766
To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
A small upright timber post, used in partitions; -- in
the United States more commonly called stud.
Treatment shown by an enemy; mercy; especially, the act
of sparing the life a conquered enemy; a refraining from pushing one's
advantage to extremes.
A division of a town, city, or county; a particular
district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris.
Place of lodging or temporary residence; shelter;
entertainment; -- usually in the plural.
One limb of a quadruped with the adjacent parts; one
fourth part of the carcass of a slaughtered animal, including a leg;
as, the fore quarters; the hind quarters.
That part of a boot or shoe which forms the side, from the
heel to the vamp.
The fourth of a ton in weight, or eight bushels of grain;
as, a quarter of wheat; also, the fourth part of a chaldron of coal.
A station or encampment occupied by troops; a place of
lodging for soldiers or officers; as, winter quarters.
The fourth part of the distance from one point of the
compass to another, being the fourth part of 11¡ 15', that is, about 2¡
49'; -- called also quarter point.
Proper station; specific place; assigned position;
special location.
The fourth part of the moon's period, or monthly
revolution; as, the first quarter after the change or full.
A term of study in a seminary, college, etc, etc.;
properly, a fourth part of the year, but often longer or shorter.
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.
A station at which officers and men are posted in
battle; -- usually in the plural.
The after-part of a vessel's side, generally corresponding
in extent with the quarter-deck; also, the part of the yardarm outside
of the slings.
One of the divisions of an escutcheon when it is divided
into four portions by a horizontal and a perpendicular line meeting in
the fess point.
The fourth of a hundred-weight, being 25 or 28 pounds,
according as the hundredweight is reckoned at 100 or 112 pounds.
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.
The encampment on one of the principal passages round a
place besieged, to prevent relief and intercept convoys.
That part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe
and heel, being the side of the coffin.
Friendship; amity; concord.
One day, back when I working at a video store, a woman accompanied by her two small sons walked up the counter with a tape box displaying a man slicing off someone’s head with a chainsaw. “Does this have any sex in it?” she asked. In my mind, it was like I was narrating a nature documentary on humans. “Watch as the American mother protects her young ones from dangerous influences.
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An internal auditor for a manufacturing group was concerned about anomalies in stock levels. He thought someone might be pinching stock but he couldn't prove it. He had his eye on one shifty-looking individual who every day drove his old truck out of the factory with the load covered by a tarpaulin. Time after time the auditor stopped the bloke, made him remove the tarpaulin and then inspected the load. On every occasion there was only scrap metal in the truck which the driver said he was taking to the tip. On three occasions the auditor made the bloke remove the tarpaulin and then unload the scrap in front of him, suspecting that there might be stolen stock hidden underneath. Nothing. He could never find anything amiss.After a few months of this the auditor was offered a better job elsewhere and resigned. A few weeks later he was drinking in a pub when the shifty character walked in. On a n impulse the auditor went up to him and said, "Look, I've left the company, I'm not interested in taking it any further and I won't shop you, but I just have to know. What were you taking?"And the bloke said "Tarpaulins."
A writ which lay for tithes, demanding the fourth part or upwards, that belonged to any church.
Read the complete definitionalapátan - (H) Measuring one fourth or quarter; a measure for the fourth part of. Pulakán nga alapátan. A measure …
Read the complete definitionA twenty-fourth part; -- a term used in estimating the proportionate fineness of gold.
Read the complete definitionAn assessment equal to a fourth part of the revenue.
Read the complete definitionIn old English law. The fourth part of a yard-land. Noy says an eighth only, because, according to hlm, two …
Read the complete definitionThe fourth part of an acre of land.
Read the complete definitionThe fourth part of an acre of land. Spelman
Read the complete definitionThe fourth part of an Eng-lish penny
Read the complete definitionIn old records. The fourth part of a penny; also the quarter of a ward in a borongh
Read the complete definitionA fourth part of a yard-land
Read the complete definitionThe breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the …
Read the complete definitionA varying measure of capacity, usually being the fourth part of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial …
Read the complete definitionA dry measure formerly used in Scotland; the fourth part of a boll of grain or meal. The Linlithgow wheat …
Read the complete definitionOne of four equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four; …
Read the complete definitionForming one of four equal parts into which anything may be divided.
Read the complete definitionA polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given …
Read the complete definitionIn Hindu law. A fourth, a fourth part of the sum in litigation. The “Mahratta chout” is a fourth of …
Read the complete definitionIn Troy weight, the twenty-fourth part of a pennyweight Any kind of corn sown in the ground
Read the complete definitionA short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note.
Read the complete definitionA measure of a capacity containing the fourth part of a tun, or sixty-three gallons. Cowell. A large cask, of …
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