quarter fishes (kwarterfish"ez)

pl. Stout pieces of wood hooped on to a mast to strength en it. quarter foil (kwâr'tėr-foil), n. See quatrefoil. quarter-franc (kwâr'ter-frangk), n. In her., a quarter used separately as a bearing. quarter-gallery (kwarʼter-gal"e-ri), n. Naut., a projecting balcony on each of the quarters, and sometimes on the stern, of a large ship; also, a small structure on the quarters of a ship, containing the water-closet and bath-tub. quarter-grain (kwâr tėr-grān), n. The grain of wood shown when a log is quartered. See quartered, 4. Compare felt - grain.