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The upper rail of any parapet of ordinary height, as of a balcony; the railing of a quarter-deck, etc.

A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.

of double width (i.e., a yard and a half); -- so called in distinction from woolens three quarters of a yard wide.

The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter.

each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) Onr from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen. [Written also boomkin.]

n or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour.

the Metonic cycle, since the 6940 days of the Metonic cycle exceeded 19 years by about a quarter of a day, and exceeded 235 lunations by something more.

To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.

A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters.

the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass. All the quartere that they know I' the shipman's card. Shak.

A quarter of a crown. [Obs.] The bunch of them were not worth a cardecu. Sir W. Scott.

laced, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.

A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade.

A measure of grain equal to 0.7218 of an imperial quarter, or 5.95 Winchester bushels. [Russia]

A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin Chine in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep. [Prov. Eng.] "The cottage in a chine." J. Ingelow.

Vigilance un guarding against evil from every quarter; caution. [Travel] forces circumspectness on those abroad, who at home are nursed in security. Sir H. Wotton.

Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters. "A close prison." Dickens.

l to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters. [Obs.]

ich cloth is measured and sold. For this object the standard yard is usually divided into quarters and nails. -- Cloth paper, a coarse kind of paper used in pressing and finishing woolen cloth. -- Cloth shearer, one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous nap.

A cabin on the after part of the quarterdeck, usually occupied by the captain. [Written also couch.] [Obs.] The commanders came on board and the council sat in the coach. Pepys.