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nto which anything is divided, or is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc. Hence, specifically:

An ovolo.

That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one.

To saw (a log) into quarters; specif., to saw into quarters and then into boards, as by cutting alternately from each face of a quarter, to secure lumber that will warp relatively little or show the grain advantageously.

A quarterly allowance.

Divided into four equal parts or quarters; separated into four parts or regions.

An ornamental foliation having four lobes, or foils.

Having trunnions the axes of which lie below the bore; -- said of a cannon.

Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters.

Containing, or consisting of, a fourth part; as, quarterly seasons.

An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.

A quarter. Specifically: (a) The fourth part of a pint; a gill.

A quarter; esp., a quarter of a pound, or a quarter of a hundred. Piers Plowman.

A quadroon.

A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. See Halfpace.

A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end.

The quarters or place of residence of any chief officer, as the general in command of an army, or the head of a police force; the place from which orders or instructions are issued; hence, the center of authority or order. The brain, which is the headquarters, or office, of intelligence. Collier.

A name given to several plants of the Goosefoot family, sometimes used as pot herbs, as Chenopodium album and Atriplex patulsa.

Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; -- said of portraitures. Three-quarter length, a portrait showing the figure to the hips only.

The act of adducing or bringing forward. An adduction of facts gathered from various quarters. I. Taylor.