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The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close quarters.

nd soda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers.

e which folds into a sphere for loading, but on leaving the gun expands to a cross with a quarter ball at the end of each arm; -- used in naval actions for cutting the enemy's rigging.

fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note.

To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.

The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; - - called also rock crystal. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. Smoky quartz, Pebble; also Brazilian pebble, under Brazilian.

Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectlly crystallized.

A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon. He getteth him a grievous crabtree cudgel and . . . falls to rating of them as if they were dogs. Bunyan. Cudgel play, a fight or sportive contest with cudgels. -- To cross the cudgels, to fo…

in monochrome. -- Dead door (Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the outside of the quarter-gallery door. -- Dead flat (Naut.), the widest or midship frame. -- Dead freight (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full cargo. The payment is made for the uno…

ed a standard English language. Earle. [Charles V.] could address his subjects from every quarter in their native dialect. Prescott.

An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struck upon bells of different tones.

iate. An attempt to disfellowship an evil, but to fellowship the evildoer. Freewill Bapt. Quart.

der of William the Conqueror, about 1086. It consists of two volumes, a large folio and a quarto, and gives the proprietors' tenures, arable land, woodland, etc. [Written also Doomsday Book.]

half of its simple value; thus, a dotted semibreve is equal to three minims, and a dotted quarter to three eighth notes. -- Dotted rest, a rest lengthened by a dot in the same manner as a dotted note.

To extract the bowels of; to eviscerate; as, to draw a fowl; to hang, draw, and quarter a criminal. In private draw your poultry, clean your tripe. King.

The quarter-round molding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style. See Illust. of Column

The carved work under the quarter piece at the aft part of the quarter gallery. [Written also eiking.]

rt in a machine; one of the essential ingredients of any mixture; a constituent part; as, quartz, feldspar, and mica are the elements of granite. The simplicity which is so large an element in a noble nature was laughed to scorn. Jowett (Thucyd.).

Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts.

To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters. Bid him encamp his soldiers. Shak.