Quarter Definition–noun | 1. | one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided: a quarter of an apple; a quarter of a book. | | 2. | a fourth part, esp. of one ( 1/4 ). | | 3. | one fourth of a U.S. or Canadian dollar, equivalent to 25 cents. | | 5. | one fourth of an hour: He stayed there for an hour and a quarter. | | 6. | the moment marking this period: The clock struck the quarter. | | 7. | one fourth of a calendar or fiscal year: The bank sends out a statement each quarter. | | 8. | Astronomy. | a. | a fourth of the moon's period or monthly revolution, being that portion of its period or orbital course between a quadrature and a syzygy. | | | 9. | (in schools, colleges, and universities) one of the terms or periods into which instruction is organized, generally 10 to 12 weeks in length. | | 10. | Sports. any of the four periods that make up certain games, as football and basketball. Compare half (def. 3). | | 11. | one fourth of a pound. | | 12. | one fourth of a mile; two furlongs. | | 13. | one fourth of a yard; 9 inches. | | 14. | a unit of weight: one fourth of a hundredweight. In the U.S. this equals 25 lbs. and in Britain 28 lbs. | | 15. | British. a measure of capacity for grain, etc., equal to 8 bushels, or, locally, to approximately this. | | 16. | the region of any of the four principal points of the compass or divisions of the horizon. | | 17. | such a point or division. | | 18. | any point or direction of the compass: The wind is blowing in that quarter. | | 19. | a region, district, or place. | | 20. | a particular district of a city or town, esp. one generally occupied by a particular group of people: the Turkish quarter; an artists' quarter. | | 21. | Usually, quarters. | a. | housing accommodations, as a place of residence; lodgings. | | b. | Military. the buildings, houses, barracks, or rooms occupied by military personnel or their families. | | | 22. | Often, quarters. an unspecified part or member of a community, government, etc., that serves as a source of information or authority: He received secret information from a high quarter. | | 23. | mercy or indulgence, esp. as shown in sparing the life and accepting the surrender of a vanquished enemy: to give quarter; to ask for quarter. | | 24. | one of the four parts, each including a leg, of the body or carcass of a quadruped. | | 25. | Veterinary Medicine. the part of a horse's hoof between heel and toe. | | 26. | Shoemaking. the part of a boot or shoe on each side of the foot, from the middle of the back to the vamp. | | 27. | Nautical. | a. | the after part of a ship's side, usually from about the aftermost mast to the stern. | | b. | the general horizontal direction 45° from the stern of a ship on either side: Another boat is coming near on the port quarter. | | c. | one of the stations to which crew members are called for battle, emergencies, or drills. | | d. | the part of a yard between the slings and the yardarm. | | | 28. | Heraldry. | a. | any of the four equal areas
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al line passing through the center. | | b. | any of the variously numbered areas into which an escutcheon may be divided for the marshaling of different arms. | | c. | any of the arms marshaled on an escutcheon. | | d. | a charge occupying one quarter of an escutcheon, esp. that in dexter chief. Compare canton (def. 3). | | | 29. | each half of a cask, consisting of the portion from the bilge to the top chime and the portion from the bilge to the bottom chime. | –verb (used with object) | 30. | to divide into four equal or equivalent parts. | | 31. | to divide into parts fewer or more than four: Quarter the pie into six pieces. | | 32. | to cut the body of (a person) into quarters, esp. in executing for treason or the like. | | 33. | Machinery. to make holes in, fix, etc., a quarter of a circle apart. | | 34. | to furnish with lodging in a particular place. | | 35. | to impose (soldiers) on persons, towns, etc., to be lodged and fed: He quartered his men with the farmer. | | 36. | to assign to a particular place for service, action, etc., as on a battleship. | | 37. | to traverse (the ground) from left to right and right to left while advancing, as dogs in search of game. | | 38. | Heraldry. | a. | to divide (an escutcheon) into four or more parts. | | b. | to place or bear quarterly (different coats of arms, etc.) on an escutcheon. | | c. | to display (a coat of arms) with one's own on an escutcheon. | | –verb (used without object) | 39. | to take up, or be in quarters; lodge: to quarter in a cheap hotel. | | 40. | to range to and fro, as dogs in search of game. | | 41. | Nautical. to sail so as to have the wind or sea on the quarter. | –adjective | 42. | being one of four equal or approximately equal parts into which anything is or may be divided. | | 43. | being equal to only about one fourth of the full measure. | |
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Horse Definition–noun | 1. | a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing. | | 2. | a fully mature male animal of this type; stallion. | | 3. | any of several odd-toed ungulates belonging to the family Equidae, including the horse, zebra, donkey, and ass, having a thick, flat coat with a narrow mane along the back of the neck and bearing the weight on only one functioning digit, the third, which is widened into a round or spade-shaped hoof. | | 4. | something on which a person rides, sits, or exercises, as if astride the back of such an animal: rocking horse. | | 5. | Also called trestle. a frame, block, etc., with legs, on which something is mounted or supported. | | 8. | soldiers serving on horseback; cavalry: a thousand horse. | | 11. | horses, Slang. the power or capacity to accomplish something, as by having enough money, personnel, or expertise: Our small company doesn't have the horses to compete against a giant corporation. | | 12. | Chess Informal. a knight. | | 13. | Slang. a crib, translation, or other illicit aid to a student's recitation; trot; pony. | | 14. | Mining. a mass of rock enclosed within a lode or vein. | | 16. | Shipbuilding. a mold of a curved frame, esp. one used when the complexity of the curves requires laying out
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at full size. | –verb (used with object) | 18. | to provide with a horse or horses. | | 20. | to set or carry on a person's back or on one's own back. | | 21. | Carpentry. to cut notches for steps into (a carriage beam). | | 22. | to move with great physical effort o
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r force: It took three men to horse the trunk up the stairs. | | 23. | Slang. | a. | to make (a person) the target of boisterous jokes. | | b. | to perform boisterously, as a part or a scene in a play. | | | 24. | Nautical. | a. | to caulk (a vessel) with a hammer. | | b. | to work or haze (a sailor) cruelly or unfairly. | | | 25. | Archaic. to place (someone) on a person's back, in order to be flogged. | –verb (used without object) | 26. | to mount or go on a horse. | | 27. | (of a mare) to be in heat. | | 28. | Vulgar. to have coitus. | –adjective | 29. | of, for, or pertaining to a horse or horses: the horse family; a horse blanket. | | 30. | drawn or powered by a horse or horses. | | 31. | mounted or serving on horses: horse troops. | —Verb phrase | 33. | horse around, Slang. to fool around; indulge in horseplay. | —Idioms | 34. | back the wrong horse, to be mistaken in judgment, esp. in backing a losing candidate. | | 35. | beat or flog a dead horse, to attempt to revive a discussion, topic, or idea that has waned, been exhausted, or proved fruitless. | | 36. | from the horse's mouth, Informal. on good authority; from the original or a trustworthy source: I have it straight from the horse's mouth that the boss is retiring. | | 37. | hold one's horses, Informal. to check one's impulsiveness; be patient or calm: Hold your horses! I'm almost ready. | | 38. | <
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