Benting time () The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. |
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 |
Time (n.) Duration, considered independently of any system of measurement or any employment of terms which designate limited portions thereof. |
Time (n.) A particular period or part of duration, whether past, present, or future |
Time (n.) The period at which any definite event occurred, or person lived |
Time (n.) The duration of one's life |
Time (n.) A proper time |
Time (n.) Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition. |
Time (n.) Performance or occurrence of an action or event, considered with reference to repetition |
Time (n.) The present life |
Time (n.) Tense. |
Time (n.) The measured duration of sounds |
Time (v. t.) To appoint the time for |
Time (v. t.) To regulate as to time |
Time (v. t.) To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of |
Time (v. t.) To measure, as in music or harmony. |
Time (v. i.) To keep or beat time |
Time (v. i.) To pass time |
Time-honored (a.) Honored for a long time |
Time-table (n.) A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc. |
Time-table (n.) A plane surface divided in one direction with lines representing hours and minutes, and in the other with lines representing miles, and having diagonals (usually movable strings) representing the speed and position of various trains. |
Time-table (n.) A table showing the notation, length, or duration of the several notes. |
time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
avocation by-line hobby pursuit sideline spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
time and motion study time-and-motion study time-motion study motion study time study work study | an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort |
waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
time exposure | exposure of a film for a relatively long time (more than half a second) |
harvest harvest time | the season for gathering crops |
haying haying time | the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder |
close-quarter fighting | hand-to-hand fighting at close quarters |
respite recess break time out | a pause from doing something (as work), we took a -minute break, he took time out to recuperate |
free time spare time | time that is free from duties or responsibilities |
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 |
character printer character-at-a-time printer serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
line printer line-at-a-time printer | printer that serves as an output device on a computer, prints a whole line of characters at a time |
ovolo thumb quarter round | a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse |
page printer page-at-a-time printer | a printer that prints one page at a time |
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 |
time-ball | a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time, especially at an observatory |
time bomb infernal machine | a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time |
time capsule | container for preserving historical records to be discovered at some future time |
time clock | clock used to record the hours that people work |
time-delay measuring instrument time-delay measuring system | chronoscope for measuring the time difference between two events |
time exposure | a photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time |
time-fuse | a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb) |
time machine | a science fiction machine that is supposed to transport people or objects into the past or the future |
time-switch | a switch set to operate at a desired time |
vintage time of origin | the oldness of wines |
meter metre time | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration |
light time | distance measured in terms of the speed of light (or radio waves), the light time from Jupiter to the sun is approximately minutes |
space-time space-time continuum | the four-dimensional coordinate system ( dimensions of space and of time) in which physical events are located |
time series | a series of values of a variable at successive times |
pulse-time modulation | modulation of the time between successive pulses |
time sheet | a record of the hours worked by employees |
time signal | a signal (especially electronic or by radio) indicating the precisely correct time |
quarter tone quarter-tone | half of a semitone |
time signature musical time signature | a musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measure and kind of note that takes a beat |
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 |
good time blast | a highly pleasurable or exciting experience, we had a good time at the party, celebrating after the game was a blast |
time | a person's experience on a particular occasion, he had a time holding back the tears, they had a good time together |
semantic error run-time error runtime error | an error in logic or arithmetic that must be detected at run time |
time clip | an instance or single occasion for some event, this time he succeeded, he called four times, he could do ten at a clip |
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 |
time zone | any of the regions of the globe (loosely divided by longitude) throughout which the same standard time is used |
Left Bank Latin Quarter | the region of Paris on the southern bank of the Seine, a center of artistic and student life |