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A circular or oval (or, sometimes, square) tablet bearing a figure or figures represented in relief.

whose business was to carry orders, messages, reports, etc., between the officers of the quarter-deck and those of the forecastle, and render other services as required.

A petty falling out; a tiff; a quarrel; offense. Fielding.

rom the pits from which stones for architectural purposes are taken, and which are called quarries.

A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets.

g harm or causing annoyance. -- To make mischief, to do mischief, especially by exciting quarrels. -- To play the mischief, to cause great harm; to throw into confusion. [Colloq.]

One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrels or enmity.

Causing harm; exciting enmity or quarrels. Rowe. -- n.

Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel. "Misunderstandings among friends." Swift.

l.), any one of numerous species of marine univalve shells of the genus Mitra. -- Miter square (Carp.), a bevel with an immovable arm at an angle of 45º, for striking lines on stuff to be mitered; also, a square with an arm adjustable to any angle. -- Miter wheels, a pair of bevel gears, of equal diameter, adapted fo…

cessary to elongate a prismatic body of a transverse section equal to a given unit, as a square inch or foot, to double, or to compress it to half, its original length, were that degree of elongation or compression possible, or within the limits of elasticity; -- called also Young's modulus. -- Modulus of rupture, the…

of a rotating body, the sum of the mass of each particle of matter of the body into the square of its distance from the axis of rotation; -- called also moment of rotation and moment of the mass. -- Statical moment, the product of a force into its leverage; the same as moment of a force with respect to a point, line,…

ors. -- Monkey rail (Naut.), a second and lighter rail raised about six inches above the quarter rail of a ship. -- Monkey shine, monkey trick. [Slang, U.S.] -- Monkey trick, a mischievous prank. Saintsbury. -- Monkey wheel. See Gin block, under 5th Gin. -- Monkey wrench, a wrench or spanner having a movable jaw.…

A dark variety of smoky quartz.

bed, a shallow box or receptacle in which mortar is mixed. -- Mortar board. (a) A small square board with a handle beneath, for holding mortar; a hawk. (b) A cap with a broad, projecting, square top; -- worn by students in some colleges. [Slang]

Money; -- in contempt. The fatal muck we quarreled for. Beau. & Fl. Muck bar, bar iron which has been through the rolls only once. -- Muck iron, crude puddled iron ready for the squeezer or rollers. Knight.

To mew; to molt. [Obs.] Quarles.

Resembling courses of bricks or stones in squareness and regular arrangement; as, a muriform variety of cellular tissue.

To fall into strifle; to quarrel. [Obs.] Shak.

A measure of surface in the metric system containing ten thousand ares, or one million square meters. It is equal to about 247.1 acres.