Definitionen
1.Verbpresent participle and gerund of quarter
2.NounA division into four parts.
3.NounThe act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
4.NounThe method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.
5.NounThe division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
6.NounOne of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
7.NounA series of quarters, or small upright posts.
8.NounThe practice of docking 15 minutes' pay from a worker who arrived late (even by less than 15 minutes).
9.NounSearching for prey by traversing a space. From hunting for game, where dogs will run parallel to the wind in search of a scent, thereby 'quartering' the field.
10.NounA point on an arch calculated by measuring one quarter of the height along a line from the peak to the outer edge on the ground.
11.AdjectiveComing from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.
12.AdjectiveComing from aft and to one side; having both a crosswind and tailwind component.
13.AdjectiveAt right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.