Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter Q - Page 4
Quarrel (n.) A four-sided cutting tool or chisel having a diamond-shaped end.
Quarrel (n.) A breach of concord, amity, or obligation; a falling out; a difference; a disagreement; an antagonism in opinion, feeling, or conduct; esp., an angry dispute, contest, or strife; a brawl; an altercation; as, he had a quarrel with his father about expenses.
I will bring a sword upon you that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant. -- Lev. xxvi. 25.
On open seas their quarrels they debate. -- Dryden.
Quarrel (n.) Ground of objection, dislike, difference, or hostility; cause of dispute or contest; occasion of altercation.
Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him. -- Mark vi. 19.
No man hath any quarrel to me. -- Shak.
He thought he had a good quarrel to attack him. -- Holinshed.
Quarrel (n.) Earnest desire or longing. [Obs.] -- Holland.
To pick a quarrel. See under Pick, v. t.
Syn: Brawl; broil; squabble; affray; feud; tumult; contest; dispute; altercation; contention; wrangle.
Quarrel (n.) [ C ] (B2) 爭吵，不和 An angry disagreement between two or more people or groups.
// They had a bitter quarrel about/over some money three years ago and they haven't spoken to each other since.
// We have no quarrel with the people of your country (= we have no reason to disagree with or dislike them).
// They seem to have patched up their quarrel (= finished their disagreement and started to be friendly).
Quarrel (v.) [ I ] (-ll- or US usually -l-) (B2) 爭吵，不和 To have an angry disagreement with someone.
// What did you quarrel about/over?
// She quarrelled with everyone in the village.
Phraser verb with Quarrel:
Quarrel with sth -- phrasal verb with quarrel verb [ I ] ( -ll- or US usually -l-) 認為某事物是錯的 To think that something is wrong.
// No one can quarrel with the improvements that have been made.
Quarreled (imp. & p. p.) of Quarrel.
Quarrelled () of Quarrel.
Quarreling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quarrel.
Quarrelling () of Quarrel.
Quarrel (v. i.) 爭吵，不和 [（+with/ about/ over）]； 埋怨；責備；挑剔 [（+with）] To
violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or
become antagonistic.
Our people quarrel with obedience. -- Shak.
But some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed. -- Shak.
Quarrel (v. i.) To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight.
Beasts called sociable quarrel in hunger and lust. -- Sir W.Temple.
Quarrel (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot.
I will not quarrel with a slight mistake. -- Roscommon.
Quarrel (v. t.) To quarrel with. [R.] "I had quarelled my brother purposely." -- B. Jonson.
Quarrel (v. t.) To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights.
Quarrel (n.) [Written also quarreller.] One who quarrels or wrangles; one who is quarrelsome. -- Shak.
Quarrel (n.) An angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" [syn: quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup].
Quarrel (n.) An arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four Edges.
Quarrel (v.) Have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something" [syn: quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate].
Quarrel (), A dispute; a difference. In law, particularly in releases, which are taken most strongly against the releasor, when a man releases all quarrels he is said to release all actions, real and personal. 8 Co. 153.
Quarrelet (n.) A little quarrel. See 1st Quarrel, 2.
Quarreling (a.) Engaged in a quarrel; apt or disposed to quarrel; as, quarreling factions; a quarreling mood.
Quarrellous (a.) Quarrelsome.
Quarrelsome (a.) Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.
Quarried (a.) Provided with prey.
Quarrier (n.) A worker in a stone quarry.
Quarry (n.) Same as 1st Quarrel.
Quarry (a.) Quadrate; square.
Quarries (n. pl. ) of Quarry.
Quarry (n.) A part of the entrails of the beast taken, given to the hounds.
Quarry (n.) A heap of game killed.
Quarry (n.) The object of the chase; the animal hunted for; game; especially, the game hunted with hawks.
Quarry (v. i.) To secure prey; to prey, as a vulture or harpy.
Quarry (n.) A place, cavern, or pit where stone is taken from the rock or ledge, or dug from the earth, for building or other purposes; a stone pit. See 5th Mine (a).
Quarried (imp. & p. p.) of Quarry.
Quarrying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quarry.
Quarry (v. t.) To dig or take from a quarry; as, to quarry marble.
Quarry-faced (a.) Having a face left as it comes from the quarry and not smoothed with the chisel or point; -- said of stones.
Quarrymen (n. pl. ) of Quarry-man.
Quarry-man (n.) A man who is engaged in quarrying stones; a quarrier.
Quart (n.) The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.
Quart (n.) A measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure; the fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck; two pints.
Quart (n.) A vessel or measure containing a quart.
Quart (n.) In cards, four successive cards of the same suit. Cf. Tierce, 4.
Quartan (a.) Of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever.
Quartan (n.) An intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days.
Quartan (n.) A measure, the fourth part of some other measure.
Quartane (n.) Butane, each molecule of which has four carbon atoms.
Quartation (n.) (Chem. & Assaying) The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold; -- called also inquartation. Compare Parting.
Quarte (n.) Same as 2d Carte.
Quartene (n.) Same as Butylene.
Quartenylic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acrylic acid series, metameric with crotonic acid, and obtained as a colorless liquid; -- so called from having four carbon atoms in the molecule. Called also isocrotonic acid.
Quarter (n.) One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc. Hence, specifically:
Quarter (n.) The fourth of a hundred-weight, being 25 or 28 pounds, according as the hundredweight is reckoned at 100 or 112 pounds.
Quarter (n.) The fourth of a ton in weight, or eight bushels of grain; as, a quarter of wheat; also, the fourth part of a chaldron of coal. -- Hutton.
Quarter (n.) (Astron.) The fourth part of the moon's period, or monthly revolution; as, the first quarter after the change or full.
Quarter (n.) One limb of a quadruped with the adjacent parts; one fourth part of the carcass of a slaughtered animal, including a leg; as, the fore quarters; the hind quarters.
Quarter (n.) That part of a boot or shoe which forms the side, from the heel to the vamp.
Quarter (n.) (Far.) That part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, being the side of the coffin.
Quarter (n.) A term of study in a seminary, college, etc, etc.; properly, a fourth part of the year, but often longer or shorter.
Quarter (n.) pl. (Mil.) The encampment on one of the principal passages round a place besieged, to prevent relief and intercept convoys.
Quarter (n.) (Naut.) The after-part of a vessel's side, generally corresponding in extent with the quarter-deck; also, the part of the yardarm outside of the slings.
Quarter (n.) (Her.) One of the divisions of an escutcheon when it is divided into four portions by a horizontal and a perpendicular line meeting in the fess point.
Note: When two coats of arms are united upon one escutcheon, as in case of marriage, the first and fourth quarters display one shield, the second and third the other. See Quarter, v. t., 5.
Quarter (n.) One of the four parts into which the horizon is regarded as divided; a cardinal point; a direction' principal division; a region; a territory.
Scouts each coast light-armed scour, Each quarter, to descry the distant foe. -- Milton.
Quarter (n.) A division of a
town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter
in
Quarter (n.) (Arch.) A small upright timber post, used in partitions; -- in the United States more commonly called stud.
Quarter (n.) (Naut.) The fourth part of the distance from one point of the compass to another, being the fourth part of 11?15', that is, about 2?49'; -- called also quarter point.
Quarter (n.) Proper station; specific place; assigned position; special location.
Swift to their several quarters hasted then The cumbrous elements. -- Milton. Hence, specifically:
Quarter (n.) (Naut.) A station at which officers and men are posted in battle; -- usually in the plural.
Quarter (n.) Place of lodging or temporary residence; shelter; entertainment; -- usually in the plural.
The banter turned as to what quarters each would find. -- W. Irving.
Quarter (n.) pl. (Mil.) A station or encampment occupied by troops; a place of lodging for soldiers or officers; as, winter quarters.
Quarter (n.) Treatment shown by an enemy; mercy; especially, the act of sparing the life a conquered enemy; a refraining from pushing one's advantage to extremes.
He magnified his own clemency, now they were at his mercy, to offer them quarter for their lives. -- Clarendon.
Cocks and lambs . . . at the mercy of cats and wolves . . . must never expect better quarter. -- L'Estrange.
Quarter (n.) Friendship; amity; concord. [Obs.] To keep quarter, to keep one's proper place, and so be on good terms with another. [Obs.]
In quarter, and in terms like bride and groom. -- Shak.
I knew two that were competitors for the secretary's place, . . . and yet kept good quarter between themselves. -- Bacon.
False quarter, A cleft in the quarter of a horse's foot.
Fifth quarter, The hide and fat; -- a butcher's term.
On the quarter (Naut.), In a direction between abeam and astern; opposite, or nearly opposite, a vessel's quarter.
Quarter aspect. (Astrol.) Same as Quadrate.
Quarter back (Football), The player who has position next behind center rush, and receives the ball on the snap back.
Quarter badge (Naut.), An ornament on the side of a vessel near, the stern. -- Mar. Dict.
Quarter bill (Naut.), A list specifying the different stations to be taken by the officers and crew in time of action, and the names of the men assigned to each.
Quarter block (Naut.), A block fitted under the quarters of a yard on each side of the slings, through which the clew lines and sheets are reeved. -- R. H. Dana, Jr.
Quarter boat (Naut.), A boat hung at a vessel's quarter.
Quarter cloths (Naut.), Long pieces of painted canvas, used to cover the quarter netting.
Quarter day, A day regarded as terminating a quarter of the year; hence, one on which any payment, especially rent, becomes due. In matters influenced by United States statutes, quarter days are the first days of January, April, July, and October. In New York and many other places, as between landlord and tenant, they are the first days of May, August, November, and February. The quarter days usually recognized in England are 25th of March (Lady Day), the 24th of June (Midsummer Day), the 29th of September (Michaelmas Day), and the 25th of December (Christmas Day).
Quarter face, In fine arts, portrait painting, etc., a face turned away so that but one quarter is visible.
Quarter gallery (Naut.), A balcony on the quarter of a ship. See Gallery, 4.
Quarter gunner (Naut.), A petty officer who assists the gunner.
Quarter look, A side glance. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Quarter nettings (Naut.), Hammock nettings along the quarter rails.
Quarter note (Mus.), A note equal in duration to half a minim or a fourth of semibreve; a crochet.
Quarter pieces (Naut.), Several pieces of timber at the after-part of the quarter gallery, near the taffrail. -- Totten.
Quarter point. (Naut.) See Quarter, n., 1 (n) .
Quarter railing, or Quarter rails (Naut.), Narrow molded planks reaching from the top of the stern to the gangway, serving as a fence to the quarter-deck.
Quarter sessions (Eng. Law), A general court of criminal jurisdiction held quarterly by the justices of peace in counties and by the recorders in boroughs.
Quarter square (Math.), The fourth part of the square of a number. Tables of quarter squares have been devised to save labor in multiplying numbers.
Quarter turn, Quarter turn belt (Mach.), An arrangement in which a belt transmits motion between two shafts which are at right angles with each other.
Quarter watch (Naut.), A subdivision of the full watch (one fourth of the crew) on a man-of- war.
To give quarter, or To show quarter (Mil.), To accept as prisoner, on submission in battle; to forbear to kill, as a vanquished enemy.
To keep quarter. See Quarter, n., 3.
Quarter (v. i.) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
Quarter (v. i.) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
Every creature that met us would rely on us for quartering. -- De Quincey.
Quartered (imp. & p. p.) of Quartter.
Quartering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quartter.
Quartter (v. t.) To divide into four equal parts.
Quartter (v. t.) To divide; to separate into parts or regions.
Then sailors quartered heaven. -- Dryden.
Quartter (v. t.) To furnish with shelter or entertainment; to supply with the means of living for a time; especially, to furnish shelter to; as, to quarter soldiers.
They mean this night in Sardis to be quartered. -- Shak.
Quartter (v. t.) To furnish as a portion; to allot. [R.]
This isle . . . He quarters to his blue-haired deities. -- Milton.
Quartter (v. t.) (Her.) To arrange (different coats of arms) upon one escutcheon, as when a man inherits from both father and mother the right to bear arms.
Note: When only two coats of arms are so combined they are arranged in four compartments. See Quarter, n., 1 (f) .
Quarter (n.) One of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound" [syn: one-fourth, fourth, one-quarter, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern].
Quarter (n.) A district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter."
Quarter (n.) (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided; "both teams scored in the first quarter."
Quarter (n.) A unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour; "it's a quarter til 4"; "a quarter after 4 o'clock."
Quarter (n.) One of four periods into which the school year is divided; "the fall quarter ends at Christmas."
Quarter (n.) A fourth part of a year; three months; "unemployment fell during the last quarter."
Quarter (n.) One of the four major division of the compass; "the wind is coming from that quarter."
Quarter (n.) A quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
Quarter (n.) A quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds).
Quarter (n.) A United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine."
Quarter (n.) An unspecified person; "he dropped a word in the right quarter."
Quarter (n.) The rear part of a ship [syn: stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail].
Quarter (n.) Piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp.
Quarter (n.) Clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent; "he surrendered but asked for quarter."
Quarter (v.) Provide housing for (military personnel) [syn: quarter, billet, canton].
Quarter (v.) Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes" [syn: draw, quarter, draw and quarter].
Quarter (v.) Divide into quarters; "quarter an apple."
Quarter (v.) Divide by four; divide into quarters.
Quarter (n.). Two bits. This in turn comes from the ?pieces of eight? famed in pirate movies ? Spanish silver crowns that could be broken into eight pie-slice-shaped ?bits? to make change. Early in American history the Spanish coin was considered equal to a dollar, so each of these ?bits? was considered worth 12.5 cents. Syn. tayste, crumb, quad. Usage: rare. General discussion of such terms is under nybble.
Crumb
Quarter
Tayste
(Or tayste /tayst/) Silly suggested term for two binary digits.
The term "quarter" has also been suggested, referring to the US 25-cent coin. This was once equal in value to two of the eight "bits" - pie-slice-shaped "pieces of eight" - into which Spanish silver crowns were cut to make change.
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Quarter. () A measure of length, equal to four inches. Vide Measure.
To Quarter, () A barbarous punishment formerly inflicted on criminals by tearing them to pieces by means of four horses, one attached to each limb.
Quarterage (n.) A quarterly allowance.
Quarter-deck (n.) That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one.
Quarterfoil (n.) An ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils.
Quarterhung (a.) Having trunnions the axes of which lie below the bore; -- said of a cannon.
Quartering (a.) (Naut.) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object.
Quartering (a.) (Mach.) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
Quartering (n.) A station. [Obs.] -- Bp. Montagu.
Quartering (n.) Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters.
Quartering (n.) (Her.) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
Quartering (n.) (Her.) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
Quartering (n.) (Arch.) A series of quarters, or small upright posts. See Quarter, n., 1 (m) (Arch.) --Gwilt.
Quartering block, A block on which the body of a condemned criminal was quartered. -- Macaulay.
Quartering (n.) A coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon; combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages.
Quartering (n.) Living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel).
Quartering (n.) Dividing into four equal parts.
Quarterly (a.) Containing, or consisting of, a fourth part; as, quarterly seasons.
Quarterly (a.) Recurring during, or at the end of, each quarter; as, quarterly payments of rent; a quarterly meeting.
Quarterlies (n. pl. ) of Quarterly.
Quarterly (n.) A periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year.
Quarterly (adv.) By quarters; once in a quarter of a year; as, the returns are made quarterly.
Quarterly (adv.) (Her.) In quarters, or quarterings; as, to bear arms quarterly; in four or more parts; -- said of a shield thus divided by lines drawn through it at right angles.
Quarterly (adv.) In diagonally opposed quarters of an escutcheon; "two coats of arms borne quarterly."
Quarterly (adv.) In three month intervals; "interest is compounded quarterly" [syn: quarterly, every quarter].
Quarterly (a.) Of or relating to or consisting of a quarter; "quarterly report."
Quarterly (n.) A periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year).
Quartermaster (n.) (Mil.) An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.
Quartermaster (n.) (Naut.) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master. --Totten.
Quartermaster general (Mil.), In the United States a staff officer, who has the rank of brigadier general and is the chief officer in the quartermaster's department; in England, an officer of high rank stationed at the War Office having similar duties; also, a staff officer, usually a general officer, accompanying each complete army in the field.
Quartermaster sergeant. See Sergeant.
Quartermaster (n.) An army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops.
Quartern (n.) A quarter. Specifically:
Quartern (n.) (a) The fourth part of a pint; a gill.
Quartern (n.) (b) The fourth part of a peck, or of a stone (14 ibs.).
Quartern (n.) A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds; -- called also quartern loaf. -- Simmonds.
Quartern (n.) One of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound" [syn: one-fourth, fourth, one-quarter, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern].
Quarteron (n.) A quarter; esp., a quarter of a pound, or a quarter of a hundred. -- Piers Plowman. Quarteron
Quarteron (n.) Alt. of Quarteroon.
Quarteron, Quarteroon (n.) A quadroon.
Compare: Quadroon
Quadroon (n.) （有四分之一黑人或異族血統的）混血兒；黑白混血兒；【動】【植】前一代雜交的雜種 The offspring of a mulatto and a white person; a person quarter-blooded. [Written also quarteron, quarteroon, and quateron.]
Quarterpace (n.) (Arch.) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. See Halfpace.