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Provided for common or general use, as in an army; hence, common in quality; inferior. "A poor provant rapier." B. Jonson.

One employed to procure supplies, as for an army, a steamer, etc.; a purveyor; one who provides for another. Jer. Taylor.

or brickmaking or the fine arts; a clay mill. It consists essentially of an upright shaft armed with projecting knives, which is caused to revolve in a hollow cylinder, tub, or vat, in which the clay is placed.

contests of the stomach; to vomit; to spew. The infant Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. Shak.

person. I found my place taken by an ill-bred, awkward puppy with a money bag under each arm. Addison.

of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; -- called also pursuivant at arms; an attendant of the heralds. Also used figuratively. The herald Hope, forerunning Fear, And Fear, the pursuivant of Hope. Longfellow.

A piece of armor for the breast; often, an addition to, or reënforcement of. the breastplate; -- called also pesane.

er. (a) To place (some one) in authority over; as, to put a general over a division of an army. (b) To refer. For the certain knowledge of that knowledge of that truthput you o'er to heaven and to my mother. Shak.

, an instrument consisting of a graduated limb, with a plumb line or spirit level, and an arm by which it is applied to a cannon or mortar in adjusting it to the elevation required for attaining the desired range. -- Gunter's quadrant. See Gunter's quadrant, in the Vocabulary. Hadley's quadrant, a hand instrument used…

To arrange (different coats of arms) upon one escutcheon, as when a man inherits from both father and mother the right to bear arms.

The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.

In quarters, or quarterings; as, to bear arms quarterly; in four or more parts; -- said of a shield thus divided by lines drawn through it at right angles.

ilar duties; also, a staff officer, usually a general officer, accompanying each complete army in the field. -- Quartermaster sergeant. See Sergeant.

Relating to the five articles or points; as, the quinquarticular controversy between Arminians and Calvinists. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson.

required shape. Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly used for armor. [Obs.] "His jambeux were of quyrboilly." Chaucer.

An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock.

dispose in the proper order; to rank; as, to range soldiers in line. Maccabeus ranged his army by hands. 2 Macc. xii. 20.

One of a body of mounted troops, formerly armed with short muskets, who range over the country, and often fight on foot.

Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.

In the United States army, designating such a gun, whether using fixed or separate ammunition, designed chiefly for use in coast batteries against torpedo vessels and the lightly armored batteries or other war vessels and for the protection of defensive mine fields; -- not distinguished from quick-fire. (3)…