QUARTERING
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Scrabble
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WWF
Q(10) U(1) A(1) R(1) T(1) E(1) R(1) I(1) N(1) G(2)
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Definition
verb
- To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
- To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.“Quarter the horses in the third stable.”
- To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
- To quartersaw.
verb
- To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
noun
- A division into four parts.
- The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
- The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.
- The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments.
- One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
adjective
- Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.
- At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
Source: Wiktionary
Hooks
Back hooks: QUARTERING-S
