Quarter (n.) One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided |
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 |
Quarter (n.) The fourth part of the moon's period, or monthly revolution |
Quarter (n.) One limb of a quadruped with the adjacent parts |
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. |
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 |
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 |
Quarter (v. t.) A small upright timber post, used in partitions |
Quarter (v. t.) The fourth part of the distance from one point of the compass to another, being the fourth part of 11¡ |
Quarter (v. t.) Proper station |
Quarter (v. t.) A station at which officers and men are posted in battle |
Quarter (v. t.) Place of lodging or temporary residence |
Quarter (v. t.) A station or encampment occupied by troops |
Quarter (v. t.) Treatment shown by an enemy |
Quarter (v. t.) Friendship |
Quarter (v. i.) To lodge |
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-deck (n.) That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. |
Quarter round () An ovolo. |
Three-quarter (a.) Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five |
Town (adv. & prep.) Formerly: (a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.] (b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain. [Obs.] (c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls. |
Town (adv. & prep.) Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a bishop. |
Town (adv. & prep.) Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not incorporated as a city |
Town (adv. & prep.) The body of inhabitants resident in a town |
Town (adv. & prep.) A township |
Town (adv. & prep.) The court end of London |
Town (adv. & prep.) The metropolis or its inhabitants |
Town (adv. & prep.) A farm or farmstead |
Town-crier (n.) A town officer who makes proclamations to the people |
city planning town planning urban planning | determining and drawing up plans for the future physical arrangement and condition of a community |
close-quarter fighting | hand-to-hand fighting at close quarters |
quarter | clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent, he surrendered but asked for quarter |
quarter horse | a small powerful horse originally bred for sprinting in quarter-mile races in Virginia |
ovolo thumb quarter round | a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse |
quarter | piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp |
quarter plate | a photographic plate measuring . inches by . inches |
row house town house | a house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common walls |
stern after part quarter poop tail | the rear part of a ship |
three-quarter binding | the spine and much of the sides are a different material from the rest of the cover |
town hall | a government building that houses administrative offices of a town government |
quarter tone quarter-tone | half of a semitone |
quarter note crotchet | a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note |
quarter rest | a musical rest having one-fourth the time value of a whole rest |
talk talk of the town | idle gossip or rumor, there has been talk about you lately |
lamb's-quarter pigweed wild spinach | leaves collected from the wild |
town townspeople townsfolk | the people living in a municipality smaller than a city, the whole town cheered the team |
village small town settlement | a community of people smaller than a town |
town meeting | government of a town by an assembly of the qualified voters |
town meeting | a meeting of the inhabitants of a town |
quarter sessions | a local court with criminal jurisdiction and sometimes administrative functions |
civic center municipal center down town | the center of a city |
county town shire town | the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire |
new town | a planned urban community created in a rural or undeveloped area and designed to be self-sufficient with its own housing and education and commerce and recreation |
quarter | a district of a city having some distinguishing character, the Latin Quarter |
town | an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city, they drive through town on their way to work |
boom town | a town enjoying sudden prosperity |
cow town cowtown | a small town in a cattleaising area of western North America |
ghost town | a deserted settlement (especially in western United States) |
market town | a (usually small) town where a public market is held at stated times |
township town | an administrative division of a county, the town is responsible for snow removal |
George Town | the capital of the Cayman Islands |
Left Bank Latin Quarter | the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine, a center of artistic and student life |
Cape Town | port city in southwestern South Africa, the seat of the legislative branch of the government of South Africa |
Boston Hub of the Universe Bean Town Beantown capital of Massachusetts | state capital and largest city of Massachusetts, a major center for banking and financial services |
playboy man-about-town Corinthian | a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure |
quarter | an unspecified person, he dropped a word in the right quarter |
town clerk | the official who keeps a town's records |
town crier crier | (formerly) an official who made public announcements |
Town Ithiel Town | United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (-) |
cross vine trumpet flower quartervine quarter-vine Bignonia capreolata | woody flowering vine of southern United States, stems show a cross in transverse section |
quarter stock | stock with a par value of $ share |
quarter | a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar, he fed four quarters into the slot machine |
quarter section | a land unit equal to a quarter of a section ( acres) and measuring mile on a side |
quarter | a quarter of a hundredweight ( pounds) |
quarter mile yards | a unit of length equal to a quarter of mile |
quarter pound | ounces avoirdupois |
quarter | a quarter of a hundredweight ( pounds) |
one-fourth fourth one-quarter quarter fourth part twenty-five percent quartern | one of four equal parts, a quarter of a pound |
quarter | one of the four major division of the compass, the wind is coming from that quarter |