Inch (n.) An island |
Inch (n.) A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime ('), composed of twelve seconds (''), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic. |
Inch (n.) A small distance or degree, whether of time or space |
Inch (v. t.) To drive by inches, or small degrees. |
Inch (v. t.) To deal out by inches |
Inch (v. i.) To advance or retire by inches or small degrees |
Inch (a.) Measurement an inch in any dimension, whether length, breadth, or thickness |
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 |
Water inch () Same as Inch of water, under Water. |
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 |
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 |
bits per inch bpi | a measure of how densely information is packed on a storage medium |
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 |
cubic inch cu in | the volume equal to a cube one inch on each side |
square inch sq in | a unit of area equal to one inch by one inch square |
quarter section | a land unit equal to a quarter of a section ( acres) and measuring mile on a side |
acre inch | one twelfth of an acre-foot |
quarter | a quarter of a hundredweight ( pounds) |
inch in | a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot |
quarter mile yards | a unit of length equal to a quarter of mile |
pounds per square inch psi | a unit of pressure |
column inch inch | a unit of measurement for advertising space |
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 |
quarter | divide into quarters, quarter an apple |
edge inch | advance slowly, as if by inches, He edged towards the car |
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 |
quarter billet canton | provide housing for (military personnel) |
every inch | in every way, completely, he was every inch a statesman |
quarterly every quarter | in three month intervals, interest is compounded quarterly |