Barrack (n.) A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings. |
Barrack (n.) A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc. |
Barrack (v. t.) To supply with barracks |
Barrack (v. i.) To live or lodge in barracks. |
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 |
Quartered (imp. & p. p.) of Quartter |
Quartering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Quartter |
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. |
Quartering (a.) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern |
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 |
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. |
Quartering (n.) A series of quarters, or small upright posts. See Quarter, n., 1 (m) (Arch.) |
Quarter round () An ovolo. |
Three-quarter (a.) Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five |
quartering | dividing into four equal parts |
close-quarter fighting | hand-to-hand fighting at close quarters |
heckling barracking | shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree |
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 |
barrack | a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel |
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 |
quartering | living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel) |
quartering | a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon, combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages |
quarter plate | a photographic plate measuring . inches by . inches |
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 |
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 |
lamb's-quarter pigweed wild spinach | leaves collected from the wild |
quarter sessions | a local court with criminal jurisdiction and sometimes administrative functions |
quarter | a district of a city having some distinguishing character, the Latin Quarter |
Left Bank Latin Quarter | the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine, a center of artistic and student life |
quarter | an unspecified person, he dropped a word in the right quarter |
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 |
quarter crack | a crack on the inside of a horse's forefoot |
quarter day | a Christian holy day, one of four specified days when certain payments are due |
quarter | a fourth part of a year, three months, unemployment fell during the last quarter |
first quarter | the first fourth of the Moon's period of revolution around the Earth |
last quarter | the last fourth of the Moon's period of revolution around the Earth |
quarter | one of four periods into which the school year is divided, the fall quarter ends at Christmas |
quarter-hour minutes | a quarter of an hour |
quarter | a unit of time equal to minutes or a quarter of an hour, it's a quarter til , a quarter after o'clock |
quarter | (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided, both teams scored in the first quarter |
quarter | divide by four, divide into quarters |
jeer scoff flout barrack gibe | laugh at with contempt and derision, The crowd jeered at the speaker |
cheer root on inspire urge barrack urge on exhort pep up | spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts, The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers |
quarter | divide into quarters, quarter an apple |
draw d quarter draw and quarter | 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 |
barrack | lodge in barracks |
quarter billet canton | provide housing for (military personnel) |
quarterly every quarter | in three month intervals, interest is compounded quarterly |