quartanert

[ ME. quarte nare, quartation (kwâr-tā'shon), n. [L. quart us, fourth (see quart1 ), + -ation.] The parting of gold and silver by the use of nitric acid. It is so called because an alloy consisting of more than one part of gold to three parts of silver is very little affected by the acid; hence it is nece ary, in the case of alloys very rich in gold, to fuse them with so much additional silver that the gold shall form not more than a fourth of the whole. In that operation that refiners call quartation , which they employ to purify gold, three parts of silver are so exquisitely mingled by fusion with a fourth part of gold (whence the operation is denominated) that the resulting ma acquires several new qualities by virtue of the composition. Boyle , Works, I. 504. quart d'écuł (kär dā-kü′). [F.] An old French coin: same as cardeси. = Sir, for a quart - d'écu he will sell the fee-simple of his salvation. Shak ., All's Well, iv. 3. 311. quarte (kärt), n. [F., lit. a fourth part: see quart1 , quart2 .] Same as quart2 . quarter1 (kwârʼtėr), n [ quarter , quar tere, dial. wharter , quarter (= D. kwartier G. quartier = Sw. quarter = Dan. kvarteer , quarter), quartier , quarter , cartier , a fourth part, quarter, as of mutton, etc., = Sp. cuartel =Pg. quartel = It. quartiero , quartiere , quarter, quartarius , a fourth part of any measure, esp. of a sextarius, a quarter, quartern, ML. quartarius, also neut. quartarium , also (after Rom.) quarter i us , quarterium , a quarter, etc., L.quart us , fourth: see quart1 . Cf. quarter2 .] 1. One of four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided; a fourth part or portion; one of four equal or corresponding divisions. I have a kinsman not past three quarters of a mile hence. Shak ., W. T., iv. 3. 85. Specifically- ( a ) The fourth part of a yard or of an ell. The stuarde in honde schalle haue a stafe, A fyngur gret, two wharters long, To reule the men of court ymong. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 310. His arrowes were fiue quarters long, headed with the splinters of a white christ all-like stone. Capt. John Smith , Works, I. 120. (0) The fourth part of a hundredweight that is, 28 pounds, the hundredweight being equal to 112 pounds. Abbreviated gr. (c) In England, as a legal measure of capacity, eight bushels. Locally, 16, 12, or 9 bushels, 8 bushels and 3 pecks, or 8 bushels, 2 pecks, and 24 quarts are variously called a quarter. Holding land on which he could sow three-quarters of an imperial quarter of corn and three imperial quarters of potatoes. Quarterly Rev., CLXII. 387. (d) The fourth part of an hour. or full. ( f ) One of the four parts into which the horizon is supposed to be divided; one of the four cardinal points: as, the four quarters of the globe; but, more widely, any region or point of the compa : as, from what quarter does the wind blow? people thronged in from all quarters; hence, indefinitely, any direction or source: as, my information comes from a high quarter. Upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven. Jer. xlix. 36. I own I was hurt to hear it, as I indeed was to learn, from the same quarter , that your guardian, Sir Peter, and Lady Teazle have not agreed lately as well as could be Sheridan , School for Scandal, i. 1. wished. (g) In nav., the fourth part of the distance from one point on the compa -card to another, being the fourth of 11° 15' that is, about 2° 49'. Also called quarter - point. (h) The fourth part of the year; specifically, in schools, the fourth part of the teaching period of the year, gener ally ten or eleven weeks. I have served your worship truly, sir, this eight years; and if I cannot once or twice in a quarter bear out a knave.. I have but a very little credit. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., v. 1. 63. There was a fiction that Mr. Wopsle examined the scholars once a quarter . Dickens , Great Expectations, vii. (i) A silver coin, equal to one fourth part of a dollar, or twenty-five cents; also, the sum of twenty-five cents. [U.S.] (j) One fourth part of the body or carca of an animal, in the case of butcher's meat including a leg: as, a fore or hind quarter of mutton; especially, one of the hind quarters; a haunch: generally in the plural: as, the quar ters of a horse. See cut under horse . (k) In her .: (1) One of the four parts into which a shield is divided by quartering. The four quarters are numbered as follows: 1, dexter chief; 2, sinister chief; 3, dexter base; 4, sinister base. (2) An ordinary occupying one fourth of the field, and placed (unle otherwise directed) in the dexter chief, as shown in the cut; also, sometimes, same as can ton1, 4. (1) In shoemaking , the part of the shoe or boot, on either side, between the back of the heel and a line drawn downward from the ankle-bone or thereabout; hence, that part of the leather which occupies the same place, whether the actual upper leather of the shoe or a stiff lining. See cut under boot . Quarter. Lace shoe upper, consisting of vamp, quarter , and facing for eyelet holes. Ure, Dict., IV. 110. (m) Naut.: (1) The part of a ship's side between the after part of the main chains and the stern. (2) The part of a yard between the slings and the yard-arm. ( n ) In farriery, the part of a horse's foot between the toe and the heel, being the side of the coffin. A false quarter is a cleft in the hoof extending from the coronet to the shoe, or from top to bottom. When for any disorder one of the quarters is cut, the horse is said to be quarter - cast. (0) In arch., a square panel inclosing a quatrefoil or other ornament; also, an upright post in partitions to which the laths are nailed. ( 2 ) In a cask, the part of the side between the bulge and the chime. (g) In the dre of a millstone, a section of the dre containing one leader and branches. (r) In carp., one of the sections of a winding stair. (8) In cork- cutting, a parallelepiped of cork ready to be rounded into shape. (t) In printing, any one of the four corners of a cro -barred chase. ( u ) In music, same as quarter note. 2. A distinct division of a surface or region; a particular region of a town, city, or country; a district; a locality: as, the Latin quarter of Paris; the Jews' quarter in Rome. Some part of the town was on fire every night; nobody knew for what reason, nor what was the quarter that was next to be burnt. Bruce, Source of the Nile, II. 624. To the right and left of the great thoroughfares are bystreets and quarters . E. W. Lane , Modern Egyptians, I. 6. Hence-3. A position a igned or allotted; specific place; special location; proper pos i tion or station. The Lord high-Marshall vnto each his quarter Had not a igned. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 1. Swift to their several quarters hasted then The cumbrous elements. Milton , P. L., iii. 714. More specifically - (a) The proper stations of officers and men on a man-of-war in battle, in exercise, or on inspection: in the plural. The exercise of the guns, as in battle, is distinguished as general quarters. (b) Place of lodging; temporary residence; shelter; entertainment: usually in the plural. The Duke acquaints his Friends, who hereupon fall every one to his Quarter. The Earl of Warwick fell upon the Lord Clifford's Quarter , where the Duke of Somerset hasting to the Rescue was slain. Baker , Chronicles, p. 193. I shall have time enough to lodge you in your quarters , and afterwards to perform my own journey. Cotton , in Walton's Angler, ii. 223. (c) A station or an encampment occupied by troops; a place of lodgment for officers and men usually in the plural: as, they went into winter quarters. Compare head quarters. Had all your quarters been as safely kept As that whereof I had the government, We had not been thus shamefully surprised. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., ii. 1. 63. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia Let us go out to the quarters , grandpa; they will be dancing by now. Harper's Mag ., LXXVIII. 253. 41. [Appar. due to the phrase to keep quarter (b).] Peace; concord; amity. [Rare.] Friends all but now, even now, In quarter , and in terms like bride and groom. Shak ., Othello, ii. 3. 180. If your more serious busine do not call you, Let me hold quarter with you; we will talk Alternate quarters, in her . See alternate . - Close- quarters. Same as close - fights . - Grand quarter, in her ., one of the four primary divisions in quartering. - Great Quarter Court. Same as Court of A istants (which see, under court ). On the quarter ( naut .), strictly, 45° abaft the beam: generally used to designate a position between abeam and astern. - Quarter binding. See binding . Quarter gasket. See gasket . - To beat to quarters. See beat1 . To come to close quarters. See close2 . To keep quartert. (a) To keep the proper place or station. They do best who, if they cannot but admit love, yet make it keep quarter , and sever it wholly from their ser i- ous affairs. Bacon , Love (ed. 1887). IMG:content-1445.png:[blocks in formation] 3. A certain special tax. See the quotation. They [the Roman Catholics] could not obtain the free- dom of any town corporate, and were only suffered to carry on their trades in their native cities on condition of pay- ing special and vexatious impositions known by the name of quarterage . Lecky , Eng. in 18th Cent., ii. "Look at the banner," said the Abbot; "tell me what are the blazonries." "The arms of Scotland," said Ed- ward; "the lion and its tre ure, quartered ...with three cushions." Scott , Monastery, xxxvii. 8. In mach ., to make wrist-pin holes in, 90° apart: said of locomotive driving-wheels.-9. quarter-angled (kwâr tėr-ang"gld), a . In her ., In sporting , to range or beat (the ground) for game: with indefinite it : said of hunting-dogs. quarter-aspect (kwar'ter-as"pekt), n. In as- To hang, draw, and quarter. See hang . - To quar- ter the sea, to bring the sea first on one quarter and then on the other: frequently done with a small boat running before a heavy sea with plenty of sea-room. II. in trans. 1. To be stationed; remain in quarters; lodge; have a temporary residence. Some fortunate captains That quarter with him, and are truly valiant, Have flung the name of Happy Cæsar on him. quarter-back (kwâr'ter-bak), n . A certain player or position in foot-ball. See back1 , n . , 12 . quarter-badge (kwâr'tėr-baj), n . Naut . , orna- mentation on the quarters of a ship. quarter-bend (kwar'ter-bend), n. In a pipe, a bend the arc of which subtends an angle of 90°. quarter-bill (kwâr'tėr-bil), n. Naut ., a list of the stations on board a man-of-war for men to take in time of action. 4. In sporting , to run back and forth in search of game, as if going about all quarters, as a dog in the field.-5. To drive a carriage diago- nally from side to side, so as to keep the wheels was employed, not by fits and starts, but always and eternally, in quartering -i. e. in cro ing from side to side-according to the casualties of the ground. quarter2 (kwârʼtėr), n . [= G. quartier = Sw. quarter = Dan.kvarteer , quarter; quartier , "quarter, or fair war, where souldiers are taken prisoners and ransomed at a certain rate" (Cot- grave) (= Sp. cuartel = Pg. quartel = It. quar- tiere , quarter), in the phrases donner quartier , or faire quartier , give quarter, demander quartier , beg quarter, supposed to have referred orig. to the sending of the vanquished to an a igned 'quarter' or place, there to be detained until If you frown upon this proffer'd peace, You tempt the fury of my three attendants, Lean famine, quartering steel, and climbing fire. Shak ., 1 Hen. VL., iv. 2. 11. Here is a sword baith sharp and broad, Will quarter you in three. The lawyer and the blacksmith shall be hang'd, Quarter'd. IMG:content-1446.png:[blocks in formation] When the queen frown'd, or smil'd, he knows. Whose place is quarter'd out, three parts in four. decided: see quarter1 . The explanation from an alleged "custom of the Dutch and Spaniards, who accepted as the ransom of an officer or soldier a quarter of his pay for a certain period" (Imp. Dict.) presents obvious difficulties.] In- dulgence or mercy shown to a vanquished enemy, in sparing his life and accepting his surrender; hence, in general, indulgence; clemency; mercy. Robin Hood's Birth (Child's Ballads, V. 350). Death a more gen'rous Rage does use; Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves; but I give it fair quarter wherever I meet with it. Franklin , Autobiog., I. 83. quarterage (kwarter-āj), п . [Early mod. E. also quarte ridge , quart ridge ; quarterage , quarterage , quarterage, quartier , a quar- ter: see quarter1 .] 1. A quarterly allowance or payment, as for tuition or rent. Upon every one of the said quarter days, every one that is a Freeman of the said Company shall pay to the Master for the time being, for his quarte ridge , one penny. [A virtuous writer] might have expended more by the year by the revenue of his verse than any riotous elder brother upon the wealthy quart ridges of three time three hundred acres. Middle ton, Father Hubbard's Tales. In 1711 the quarterage [of Cartmel Grammar School] was raised to 1s. 6d. for Latin and 18. for English, the poor children still to be taught free. Baines , Hist. Lancashire, II. 681. The warre thus being begun and followed, the Scots kept their quarter rage . Holinshed, Scotland, an. 1557. Any noble residence at which they [great stewards] in tended to claim the free quarterage due to their official dignity, while engaged in the examination of the state of the district and the administration of the laws by the king's command. O'Curry, Ancient Irish, I. xvi. quarter-board (kwâr'tėr-bord), n . One of a set of thin boards forming an additional height to the bulwarks of the after part of a ve el. They are also called topgallant - bulwarks . quarter-boat (kwarter-bōt), n . Naut . , any boat hung to davits over a ship's quarter.-Lar- board quarter-boat. See larboard . quarter-boot (kwâr'tėr-böt), n . to protect the fore feet of horses which over- reach with the hind feet. IMG:content-1447.png:[blocks in formation] quarter-day (kwâr'tėr-dā), n. In England, the day that begins each quarter of the year. They are Lady day (March 25th), Midsummer day (June 24th), Michael mas day (September 29th), and Christmas day (De- cember 25th). These are the usual landlords' and tenants' terms for entering or quitting lands or houses and for paying rent. In Scotland the legal terms are Whit sunday (May 15th) and Martin mas (November 11th); the conven- tional terms Candle mas (February 2d) and Lammas (Au- gust 1st) make up the quarter-days. quarter-deck (kwar'tėr-dek), n . Naut ., the part of the spar-deck of a man-of-war between the poop and the main-mast. It is used as a promenade by the officers only. quartered (kwâr'tėrd), p . a . 1. Divided into or grouped in four equal parts or quarters; separated into distinct parts. Nations besides from all the quarter'd winds. Milton , P. R., iv. 202. 2. Lodged; stationed for lodging; of or per- taining to lodging or quarters. quartered 3. Having hind quarters (of a specified kind): as, a short- quartered horse.-4. Sawed into quarters (said of a tree-trunk), and then cut into planks in such a manner as to show the grain of the wood (especially the silver grain of oak) to advantage. This is done in various ways -that most approved being to cut the quarter into two equal parts from the pith to the bark, and then to saw off boards by cuts parallel to the bisecting section. 4898 6. In gun ., the position or placing of a piece of ordnance when it is so traversed that it will shoot on the same line, or on the same point of the compa , as that on which the ship's quarter has its bearing.-7. In mech ., the adjustment of cranks on a single shaft at an angle of 90° with each other; also, the boring of holes for wrist-pins in locomotive driving-wheels at right center: noting a form of cro . The perforation is usually as wide as the band that forms the cro , so that the arms of the cro do not unite in the mid dle except at their corners. 6. In shoemaking, made with quarters (of a particular kind): as, low- quartered shoes. -Drawn and quartered. See drawn. Quar- A Cro Quartered. tered oak. See def. 4.- Quartered partition, a partition formed with quarters. - Quarterly quartered. See quarterly. quarterer (kwar'tėr-ér), n. A lodger. Halli well. [Prov. En Eng.] quarter-evil (kwarter-ē"vl), n. Same as symp tomatic anthrax (which see, under anthrax ). quarter-face (kwâr'tėr-fās), n. A countenance three parts averted. But let this dro carry what price it will With noble ignorants, and let them still Turn upon scorned verse their quarter - face. B. Jonson , Forest, xii. To Counte of Rutland.