quartering (kwartering)

[Verbal n. of quarter1, v.] 1. The act of dividing into fourths.-2. The act of a igning quarters, as for soldiers.-3. Quarters; lodging; a station. Divers designations, regions, habitations, mansions, or quarterings there. Bp . Mountagu , Appeal to Cæsar, xviii. 4. In her., the marshaling or disposal of va Quartering. First and fourth quarters are of one ancestor, A; second of another, B; third of another, C. rio us escutcheons in one, in order to denote the several alliances of one family with the heire es of others. When more than three other escutcheons are quartered with that of the family, the arms are still said to be quartered, however many compartments the shield may be divided into. The name is also given to the several different coats mar shaled and placed together in one escutcheon. See quarterly. 5. In carp., a series of small vertical timber posts, rarely exceeding 4 by 3 inches, used to form a partition for the separation or boundary of apartments. They are usually placed about twelve inches apart, and are lathed and plastered in interiors, but if used for exteriors they are generally boarded. Gwilt. quartering (kwâr'tėr-ing), p. a. [Ppr. of quarter, v.] 1. Naut.: (a) Sailing large but not before the wind. Totten. (b) Being on the quarter, or between the line of the keel and the beam, abaft the latter: as, a quartering wind. Dana.-2. In archery, making an acute angle with the range: said of the wind. A racks, tents, etc., of a regiment, and to keep the regimental stores on the march: he directs the marking out of camp. In the United States army the quartermaster is appointed by the colonel of the regiment, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War. In the British service the quartermaster is gener ally taken from the ranks, and after thirty years' service, including ten as an officer, he may retire with the honorary rank of captain. Farrow, Mil. Encyc. 2. Naut., a petty officer who has charge of the steering of the ship, the signals and soundings, and the running lights, leads, colors, log, compa es, etc., as an a istant to the navigator. Quartermasters keep regular watch during On the whole time a ship is in commi ion, and are selected from the steadiest and most trustworthy seamen. mail steamers the quartermasters steer and keep the flags and running-lights in order. - Quartermaster's department, the staff department of the United States army which provides the quarters and transportation of the army, purchases stores, transports army supplies, and furnishes clothing, camp and garrison equipage, horses for the artillery and cavalry, straw, fuel, forage, and stationery. It disburses the appropriations for the incidental expenses of the army, such as the pursuit and capture of deserters, the burial of officers and soldiers, the extra-duty pay of sol quartering-belt (kwarter-ing-belt), n . Same as quarter - turn belt (which see, under belt ). quartering-block (kwâr'tėr-ing-blok), n . block on which the body of a person condemned to be quartered was cut in pieces. Macaulay . quartering-hammer (kwâr'tėr-ing-ham"ėr), n . A steel hammer used to block out ma es of diers, the purchase of veterinary medicines and stores, the flint for flaking. IMG:content-1449.png:[blocks in formation] quarterly (kwâr'tėr-li), (kwâr'ter-li a. and n. [ The moon makes four quarterly seasons within her little year or month of consecution. Holder , On Time. 2. Recurring at the end of every quarter of the year: as, quarterly payments of rent; a quarter ly visitation or examination. - Quarterly conference. See conference, 2 ( c ) (2). II. n.; pl. quarterlies (-liz). A publication or literary periodical i ued once every three months. hiring of escorts, couriers, guides, spies, and interpreters; and it has charge of the support and maintenance of the national cemeteries. - Signal or chief quartermaster, in the United States navy, a petty officer who has charge of all the apparatus of navigation, as well as the flags, signals, and lights. quartermaster-general (kwâr tėr-mås" tėr jen'e-ral), n. Milit., in the British service, a staff-officer whose department is charged with all orders relating to the marching, embarking, disembarking, billeting, quartering, and cantoning of troops, and to encampments and camp equipage; in the United States army, a staff officer of the rank of brigadier-general, who is at the head of the quartermaster's department. quartermaster-sergeant (kwârter-måstersär'jent), n. Milit., a non-commi ioned officer whose duty it is to a ist the quartermaster. quartern (kwâr'tėrn), n. [ And there is not the mone seyn in alle the lunacioun, saf only the seconde quarteroun . Mandeville , Travels, p. 301. ( Hall i well .) Specifically-2. The fourth part of certain British measures. ( a ) In liquid measure , the fourth of a pint; an imperial gill. The waiter returned with a quartern of brandy. Smollett , Launce lot Greaves, xvii. (0) The fourth of a peck, or of a stone. (c) A quarter of a pound. Applicants for quarterns of sugar. Dickens , Sketches, Tales, iv. So much of our reviewing is done in newspapers and critical notes in magazines and quarterlies that this sort of quarter-netting (kwar'ter-net"ing), n. Naut., criticism nearly engro es the name. Stubbs , Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 54. quarterly (kwâr'tėr-li), adv . [ quarterly , a.] 1. In quarters; by quarters. They tore in peces quarterly which they had slaine. Gas coigne, Philomene (Stede Chas, et sunarber, p. 107). 2. Once in a quarter of a year: as, the returns are made quarterly .-3. In her .: ( a ) Arranged according to the four quarters of the shield. (b) Arranged according to quartering, even when more than four divisions exist: as, he bears quar- terly of twelve. Com- pare quartering , 4.- Quar- terly in equerre, in her . , di- vided into four parts by broken lines, producing an effect simi- lar to gironny. - Quarterly in saltier, in her . , same as per Quarterly in Equerre. saltier: said of the field. See saltier. - Quarterly pierced, in her., quartered. - Quarterly quartered, in her., divided along the lines which separate the field quarterly: said of any bearing in the field. quarter man (kwarter-man), n.; pl. quarter men (-men). An officer of a subdivision of a navy-yard working force. [U. S.] quartermaster (kwâr'tėr-master), n. [= D. kwartiermeester = G. quartier meister = Sw. quartermästare = Dan. kvarteermester; as quar ter2 + master1.] 1. Milit., a regimental staff officer, of the relative rank of lieutenant, whose duties are to superintend the a ignment of quarters and the distribution of clothing, fuel, and other supplies, to have charge of the bar netting on the quarter for the stowage of hammocks, which formerly in action served to arrest bullets from small-arms.