̘. ̈n. ̘ˑ ̏ ʄ ʁ˧ ̆of̃ʟ a quarter of a century ̏ɰʄ ʁ˧ ʄɰ̘ʟ to divide into quarters ʁ̘̋ɣ ↗˧ ɜ̘ ̏ :ʁ ̏̆ɻʟ for a quarter of the price, for quarter the price ̘̋ ̏ɰʄ ʁ˧ ʌ ɜ: ̙ˑ ̏ɰʄ ʁ˧ ̏̆ɻ̘ʟ a quarter to one, ̘̈↘. a quarter of one ɬ ̋ ̏ɰʄ ʁ ̘̏ɻʟ a bad quarter of an hour ɜɰɻɞ↗˧ɞ ɜ ̤ʁɭɜ˧ˈ ↘ɜʙʟ ɜ ̤ʁɭɜɞ ̤ ʁ -ʄ̆ɜ ̝ˑ ʄ̘ʁ̆↗ ̆ˌɞɣ̘̃, ̈́ɞ↗. ̏ɰʄ ʁ˧ʟ to be several quarters in arrear ̘̋ɣɞ↗-̆˧ ̘̋ ɜɰɻɞ↗˧ɞ ʄ̘ʁ̆↗ɞʄ ̆ʄ̘ʁ̂ʁɜ˞ʕ ̤↗̆˞ .̤.̃ ̞ˑ ʄ̘ʁ̆↗ ̆ˌɟʁɞɣ̘̃ʟ residential quarter ʄ̘ʁ̆↗ -↗:ˈ ɣɞ↘ɟʄ ̪ˑ ɻʁ̘ɜ̆ ɻʄɰ̘ ̻ˑ ̈pl. ʄ̘ʁ̂ʁ̘, ̤ɞ↘ ̀ɰɜ , -↗̂̀ ʟ at close quarters ʄ ɰɻɜɞ↘ ɻɞɻɰɣɻʄ ʟ to take up oneʼs quarters with smb. ̤ɞɻ ↗̂˧ɻ̼ ˞ ɞˌɟ̤↗. ↗ ɻ ↘̤↗. ̜ˑ ̈pl. ̈ʄɞ ɜ. ʄ̘ʁ̂ʁ˧, ̘̋̆ʁ↘˧ʟ ɻɞɭɜ̘ʟ ̈↘ɞʁ. ̤ɞɻʟ to beat to quarters ̈↘ɞʁ. ɬ˧ ɻɬɞʁʟ to sound off quarters ̈↘ɞʁ. ɬ˧ ɞɬɟ ̥ˑ ↘ɰɻɞ, ɻɞʁɞɜ̆ʟ from every quarter ɻɞ ʄɻ ˈ ɻɞʁɟɜʟ from no quarter ɜɞʙɣ̘, ɜ ɻ ̏˧ ɻɞʁɞɜ:ʟ we learned from the hiɡhest quarters ↘˧ ˞̋ɜ̆↗ ̋ ̘ʄɞʁɰɜ˧ˈ ɻɟ̏ɜɞʄ ̯ˑ ̤ɞ̀̆ɣ̘ʟ to ask for ̆↗ to crỹ quarter ̤ʁɞɻ̂˧ ̤ɞ̀̆ɣ˧ʟ to ɡive quarter ̤ɞ̘̀ɣ̂˧ -̋ɜ˧ ̆ɻɣ̘ʄ́ ˌɞɻ̼ ɜ̘ ↘↗ɞɻ˧ ̤ɞɬ ɣ ↗̼̃ʟ no quarter to be ɡiven ̤ɞ̀̆ɣ˧ ɜ ɬʙɣ ̘̰ˑ ̤ʁˤ↘, ɞɬˈɞ-ɣɰɜ ̘̘ˑ ̏ɰʄ ʁ˧ ̆˞́̃ʟ fore quarter ↗ɞ̤̘̆ʟ hind quarter ̋̆ɣɜ̼̼ ̘̏ɻ˧ ̘̙ˑ ̏ɰʄ ʁ˧ ̆↘ ʁ̘ ɻ˧̤˞̏ˈ ↗ ̠ ̙,̯ ˌ ɞ↗ʁ̘ʟ ↘ ʁ̘ ʄ ɻ̘ ̠ ̘̙,̜ ˌʟ ↘ ʁ̘ ɣ↗ɜ˧ˡ ̘/̞ ̼ʁɣ̘ ̠ ̙̙,̥̻ ɻ↘, ̘/̞ ↘↗ ̠ ̞̰̙,̙̞ ↘̃ ̘̝ˑ ̈↘ɞʁ. ̏ɰʄ ʁ˧ ʁʙ↘ɬ̘ʟ from what quarter does the wind blowʔ ɞʙɣ̘ ɣʙ ʄɰ ʁʔ ̘̞ˑ ̘̈↘. ̆↘ɞɜɰ̘ ʄ ̙̪ ʌɰɜɞʄ̃ ̘̪ˑ ɬ ˌ ɜ̘ ̏ɰʄ ʁ˧ ↘̂↗ ̘̻ˑ ̈↘ɞʁ. ɞʁ↘ɞʄ̼̆ ̘̏ɻ˧ ɻʙɣɜ̘ ̘̜ˑ ̋̆ɣɜ ̆ɻ̘̤ɞˌ̘̃ ̘̥ˑ ̈ˌ ʁ̘↗˧ɣ. ̏ɰʄ ʁ˧ ˌ ʁ̘↗˧ɣ̂̏ ɻɞˌɞ ̀̆ ̘̯ˑ ̈ɻʁ. ɣ ʁ ʄɭɜɜ˧ ̏ ˧ʁˤˈˌʁ̆ɜɜ˧ ɬʁ˞ɻʟ not a quarter so ɡood as ɣ̘↗ ɟ ɜ ̘ ˈɞʁɟ́, ̘ʟ at close quarters ʄ ɜ ̤ɞɻʁɰɣɻʄ ɜɜɞ↘ ɻɞ̤ʁɞɻɜɞʄɰɜ ̆ɞɻɞɬ. ɻ ̤ʁɞʄɜɞ↘̃ ʀɻʁ. -. ̻ɽʟ to come to close quarters ̘ˑ ʄɻ˞̤̂˧ ʄ ʁ˞ɞ̤̆́ɜ˞ʕʟ ɬˑ ɻʌ ̤̂˧ɻ̼ ʄ ɻ̤ɟʁ ʟ ʄˑ ɻɞ↗ɜʙ˧ɻ̼ ↗ʌɟ↘ ↗ʌʙ ̙. ̈v. ̘ˑ ɣ ↗̂˧ ɜ̘ ̏ :ʁ ̆ʁ̆ʄɜ˧ ̃ ̏̆ɻ ̙ˑ ̈ɻ. ̏ ʄ ʁɞʄ̆˧ ̝ˑ ʁ̘ɻʄ̘ʁʁɟʄ˧ʄ̘˧ ̆ɞɻɞɬ. ʄɞ ɻ̘̃ʟ ̤ɞ↘ ̀̆˧ ɜ̘ ʄ̘ʁ̂ʁ˞ʟ ɻ̆ʄ˧ ɜ̘ ̤ɞɻɟ ̆on quarter ɞ↘˞̤↗.̃ ̞ˑ ʄ̘ʁʁɞʄ̆˧ ̆at̃ ̪ˑ ʁ:ɻ̘˧ ̤ɞ ʄɻ ↘ ɜ̘̤ʁ̘ʄ↗ɰɜ̼↘ ̆ɞɬ ɞˈɞɜ̏˧ˈ ɻɞɬ̘̘ˈ̃ ̻ˑ ˞ɻ˞̤̆˧ ɣɞʁɟˌ˞, ɻʄɞʁ̆̏ʄ̘˧, ̏ɟɬ˧ ʁ̘̋̂ɰˈ̘˧ɻ̼ ̜ˑ ̈ˌ ʁ̘↗˧ɣ. ɣ ↗̂˧ ̆̀̃ ɜ̘ ̏ɰʄ ʁʟ ̤ɞ↘ ̀̆˧ ʄ ɞɣɜɟ ̋ ̏ ʄ ʁɰ ̀̆ ɜɟʄ˧ ˌ ʁɬ n. & v. --n. 1
each of
four equal parts into
which a
thing is or might be divided. 2 a
period of
three months, usu. for which payments
become due on the quarter
day. 3 a
point of
time 15 minutes
before or
after any hour. 4 a school or US
university term. 5 a 25 US or Canadian cents. b a
coin of
this denomination. 6 a
part of a
town,
esp. as occupied by a
particular class or
group (residential quarter). 7 a a point of the
compass. b a
region at
such a point. 8 the
direction,
district, or
source of supply etc. (help from any quarter;
came from
all quarters). 9 (in pl.) a lodgings; an abode. b
Mil. the
living accommodation of troops etc. 10 a one
fourth of a
lunar month. b the moon's
position between the
first and second (first quarter) or
third and fourth (last quarter) of
these. 11 a each of the four parts into which an animal's or bird's
carcass is divided, each including a
leg or
wing. b (in pl.)
hist. the four parts into which a
traitor etc.
was cut after
execution. c (in pl.) =
HINDQUARTERS. 12
mercy offered or granted to an
enemy in
battle etc. on
condition of
surrender. 13 a
Brit. a
grain measure equivalent to 8 bushels. b one-fourth of a
hundredweight (28 lb. or US 25 lb.). 14 a each of four divisions on a
shield. b a
charge occupying this, placed in
chief. 15
either side of a
ship abaft the
beam. 16 (in
American and
Australian football) each of four equal periods into which a match is divided. --v.tr. 1 divide into quarters. 2 hist. divide (the
body of an executed person) in this
way. 3 a put (troops etc.) into quarters. b
station or
lodge in a specified
place. 4 (foll. by on)
impose (a person) on
another as a
lodger. 5 cut (a log) into quarters, and these into planks so as to
show the grain well. 6 (esp. of a dog)
range or
traverse (the ground) in every direction. 7
Heraldry a place or bear (charges or coats of arms) on the four quarters of a shield's
surface. b
add (another's coat) to one's
hereditary arms. c (foll. by with) place in
alternate quarters with. d divide (a shield) into four or
more parts by
vertical and
horizontal lines. øquarter-binding the
type of bookbinding in which the
spine is bound in one
material (usu. leather) and the sides in another. quarter day one of four days on which
quarterly payments are due, tenancies
begin and
end, etc. quarter-final a match or
round preceding the
semifinal. quarter-hour 1 a period of 15 minutes. 2 =
sense 3 of n. quarter-light Brit. a
window in the side of a
motor vehicle,
closed carriage, etc.
other than the main door-window. quarter-line
Rugby Football a
space enclosed by a line
across the ground 22 metres from the goal-line. quarter
note esp. US Mus. a
crotchet. quarter-plate 1 a photographic
plate or
film 8.3 x 10.8
cm. 2 a
photograph reproduced from
it. quarter sessions hist. (in the UK) a
court of
limited criminal and
civil jurisdiction and of
appeal, usu.
held quarterly. quarter-tone Mus.
half a
semitone. [ME f. AF quarter, OF quartier f. L quartarius fourth part (of a measure) f. quartus fourth]