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Ferruginous quartz, of a blood-red or brownish red color, sometimes with a tinge of yellow.

er that knows how to grind, which way soever the wind sits. Selden. Sits the wind in that quarter Sir W. Scott.

The pulverized matter from a quartz mill, or the lighter soil of hydraulic mines. [Local, U. S.]

ial used in various arts. It is a vitreous substance made of cobalt, potash, and calcined quartz fused, and reduced to a powder.

Suspicious; open to suspicion. [Obs.] Foote. Smoky quartz (Min.), a variety of quartz crystal of a pale to dark smoky-brown color. See Quartz.

ll back with the foot; -- done only by the center rush, who thus delivers the ball to the quarter back on his own side when both sides are ranged in line. -- To snap off. (a) To break suddenly. (b) To bite off suddenly.

nuff; to smell. It now appears that they were still snifing and hankering after their old quarters. Landor.

vessel; especially, in a frigate, the deck which is continued in a straight line from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, and on which spare spars are usually placed. See under Deck. -- Spar torpedo (Naut.), a torpedo carried on the end of a spar usually projecting from the bow of a vessel, and intended to explode upo…

rt period of time, whether a few hours, days, or weeks. Nothing new hass happened in this quarter, except the setting in of a severe spell of cold weather. Washington.

A line led from a vessel's quarter to her cable so that by tightening or slacking it she can be made to lie in any desired position; a line led diagonally from the bow or stern of a vessel to some point upon the wharf to which she is moored. Air spring, Boiling spring, etc. See under Air, Boiling, etc. -- Spring back…

To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. A runner [in a quarter-mile race] should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit.

To hold a quartile position respecting. The icy Goat and Crab that square the Scales. Creech.

Any upright post or beam used as a support, as for the deck, the quarter rails, awnings, etc.

ing to the right-hand side of a ship; being or lying on the right side; as, the starboard quarter; starboard tack.

The headquarters of the police force of any precinct.

Of or pertaining to a fixed camp, or military posts or quarters. [Obs. or R.]

Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt, and now called granite.

A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring to bed, -- usually given about a quarter of an hour after tattoo. Wilhelm.

A measuring pot holding one quart (according to some, three quarts); -- so called from a knob on the lid, though to resemble a crested hen. [Scot.] Jamieson.

s horse market in London, established in 1766 by Richard Tattersall, also used as the headquarters of credit betting on English horse races; hence, a large horse market elsewhere.