quartering

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Synonyms: quavering, quarreling, bartering, quarteron, quartern, quarterite, chartering, gartering, quartervine, quarterhung, quarterings

Antonyms: quavering, quarreling, bartering, quarteron, quartern, quarterite, chartering, gartering, quartervine, quarterhung, quarterings

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Verb

1. {{infl of|en|quarter||ing-form}}

Noun

1. A division into four parts.
2. The act of providing [[housing]] for [[military]] [[personnel]], especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
3. The method of [[capital punishment]] where a criminal is cut into four pieces.
4. {{lb|en|heraldry}} The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
5. {{lb|en|heraldry}} One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an [[escutcheon]], denoting the descent of the bearer.
6. {{lb|en|architecture}} A series of [[quarter]]s, or small upright posts.
7. {{lb|en|historical}} The practice of [[dock]]ing 15 minutes' [[pay]] from a [[worker]] who arrived [[late]] (even by less than 15 minutes).
8. {{lb|en|hunting}} Searching 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.
9. A 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.

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|nautical}} Coming from a point well [[abaft]] the [[beam]], but not directly [[astern]]; said of waves or any moving object.
2. {{lb|en|by extension|aviation|of wind}} Coming from aft and to one side; having both a [[crosswind]] and [[tailwind]] component.
3. {{lb|en|engineering}} At [[right angle]]s, as the [[crank]]s of a [[locomotive]], which are in [[plane]]s forming a right angle with each other.

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