Quarterly

kwoFitir-li, adj. relating to a quarter: consisting of or containing a fourth part once a quarter of a year. adv. once a quarter. — «. a periodical published every quarter of a year. Quartermaster, kwo/ter-mas-tfer, n. an officer who looks after the quarters of the soldiers, and attends to the supplies naut a petty officer who attends to the helm, signals, See. Quartern, kwoFtern, h. the fourth of a pint a gill (in dry measure) the fourth part of a peck, or of a stone. Quartern-loaf, a lonf of 4 lbs., because orig. made of a quarter stone of flour. Quarter se ions, kwoFter-sesh'uns, «.//. county or borough se ions held quarterly. Quarter-staff, k wor'ter-staf, n. a long staff or weapon of defence, grasped at a quarter of its length from the end and at the middle. Quartette, Quartet, kwor-tet', anything in fours: a musical composition of four parts., for voiced or instruments a stanza of four lines.