| Quar |
n. |
A quarry. |
| Quarantine |
n. |
A space of forty days;
used of Lent. |
| Quarantine |
n. |
Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed. |
| Quarantine |
n. |
The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized. |
| Quarantine |
v. t. |
To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place, without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious disease; to put under, or in, quarantine. |
| Quarantined |
imp. & p. p. |
of Quarantine |
| Quarantining |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Quarantine |
| Quarl |
n. |
A medusa, or jellyfish. |
| Quarrel |
n. |
An arrow for a crossbow;
so named because it commonly had a square head. |
| Quarrel |
n. |
Any small square or quadrangular member |
| Quarrel |
n. |
A square of glass, esp. when set diagonally. |
| Quarrel |
n. |
A small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps, etc., make the form nearly square. |
| Quarrel |
n. |
A square or lozenge-shaped paving tile. |
| Quarrel |
n. |
A glazier's diamond. |
| 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. |
| Quarrel |
n. |
Ground of objection, dislike, difference, or hostility; cause of dispute or contest; occasion of altercation. |
| Quarrel |
n. |
Earnest desire or longing. |
| Quarrel |
v. i. |
To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become antagonistic. |
| Quarrel |
v. i. |
To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight. |
| Quarrel |
v. i. |
To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot. |
| Quarrel |
v. t. |
To quarrel with. |
| Quarrel |
v. t. |
To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights. |
| Quarrel |
n. |
One who quarrels or wrangles; one who is quarrelsome. |
| Quarreled |
imp. & p. p. |
of Quarrel |
| Quarrelet |
n. |
A little quarrel. See 1st Quarrel, 2. |
| Quarreling |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Quarrel |
| Quarreling |
a. |
Engaged in a quarrel; apt or disposed to quarrel; as, quarreling factions; a quarreling mood. |
| Quarrelled |
|
of Quarrel |
| Quarrelling |
|
of Quarrel |
| 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. |
| Quarried |
imp. & p. p. |
of Quarry |
| Quarrier |
n. |
A worker in a stone quarry. |
| Quarries |
pl. |
of Quarry |
| Quarry |
n. |
Same as 1st Quarrel. |
| Quarry |
a. |
Quadrate; square. |
| 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). |
| 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. |
| Quarry-man |
n. |
A man who is engaged in quarrying stones; a quarrier. |
| Quarrying |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Quarry |
| Quarrymen |
pl. |
of Quarry-man |
| 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. |
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. |
A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's right breast. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Quarter |
n. |
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. |
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. |
The encampment on one of the principal passages round a place besieged, to prevent relief and intercept convoys. |
| Quarter |
n. |
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. |
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. |
| Quarter |
v. t. |
A division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris. |
| Quarter |
v. t. |
A small upright timber post, used in partitions;
in the United States more commonly called stud. |
| Quarter |
v. t. |
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 |
v. t. |
Proper station; specific place; assigned position; special location. |
| Quarter |
v. t. |
A station at which officers and men are posted in battle;
usually in the plural. |
| Quarter |
v. t. |
Place of lodging or temporary residence; shelter; entertainment;
usually in the plural. |
| Quarter |
v. t. |
A station or encampment occupied by troops; a place of lodging for soldiers or officers; as, winter quarters. |
| Quarter |
v. t. |
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. |
| Quarter |
v. t. |
Friendship; amity; concord. |
| 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. |
| Quarter round |
|
An ovolo. |
| Quarter-deck |
n. |
That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. |
| Quarter-saw |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
To saw (a log) into quarters; specif., to saw into quarters and then into boards, as by cutting alternately from each face of a quarter, to secure lumber that will warp relatively little or show the grain advantageously. |
| Quarterage |
n. |
A quarterly allowance. |
| Quartered |
a. |
Divided into four equal parts or quarters; separated into four parts or regions. |
| Quartered |
a. |
Furnished with quarters; provided with shelter or entertainment. |
| Quartered |
a. |
Quarter-sawed;
said of timber, commonly oak. |
| Quartered |
imp. & p. p. |
of Quartter |
| 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 |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Quartter |
| Quartering |
a. |
Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern;
said of waves or any moving object. |
| Quartering |
a. |
At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other. |
| Quartering |
n. |
A station. |
| Quartering |
n. |
Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters. |
| Quartering |
n. |
The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments. |
| Quartering |
n. |
One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer. |
