quartering
n .
4 等分
4 等分
quartering n 1 :
a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon ;
combining four coats of arms on one shield usually represented intermarriages 2 :
living accommodations (
especially those assigned to military personnel )
3 :
dividing into four equal parts Quarter \
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n . {
Quartering }.]
1 .
To divide into four equal parts .
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2 .
To divide ;
to separate into parts or regions .
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Then sailors quartered heaven . --
Dryden .
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3 .
To furnish with shelter or entertainment ;
to supply with the means of living for a time ;
especially ,
to furnish shelter to ;
as ,
to quarter soldiers .
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They mean this night in Sardis to be quartered .
--
Shak .
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4 .
To furnish as a portion ;
to allot . [
R .]
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This isle . . .
He quarters to his blue -
haired deities . --
Milton .
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5 . (
Her .)
To arrange (
different coats of arms )
upon one escutcheon ,
as when a man inherits from both father and mother the right to bear arms .
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Note :
When only two coats of arms are so combined they are arranged in four compartments .
See {
Quarter },
n .,
1 (
f ) .
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Quartering \
Quar "
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ing \,
a .
1 . (
Naut .)
Coming from a point well abaft the beam ,
but not directly astern ; --
said of waves or any moving object .
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2 . (
Mach .)
At right angles ,
as the cranks of a locomotive ,
which are in planes forming a right angle with each other .
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Quartering \
Quar "
ter *
ing \,
n .
1 .
A station . [
Obs .] --
Bp .
Montagu .
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2 .
Assignment of quarters for soldiers ;
quarters .
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3 . (
Her .)
(
a )
The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments .
(
b )
One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon ,
denoting the descent of the bearer .
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4 . (
Arch .)
A series of quarters ,
or small upright posts .
See {
Quarter },
n .,
1 (
m ) (
Arch .) --
Gwilt .
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{
Quartering block },
a block on which the body of a condemned criminal was quartered . --
Macaulay .
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122 Moby Thesaurus words for "
quartering ":
achievement ,
alerion ,
animal charge ,
annulet ,
argent ,
armorial bearings ,
armory ,
arms ,
assembly -
line housing ,
azure ,
bandeau ,
bar ,
bar sinister ,
baton ,
bearings ,
bend ,
bend sinister ,
billet ,
billeting ,
blazon ,
blazonry ,
bordure ,
broad arrow ,
cadency mark ,
canton ,
chaplet ,
charge ,
chevron ,
chief ,
coat of arms ,
cockatrice ,
coronet ,
crescent ,
crest ,
cross ,
cross moline ,
crown ,
device ,
difference ,
differencing ,
domiciliation ,
doss ,
eagle ,
ermine ,
ermines ,
erminites ,
erminois ,
escutcheon ,
falcon ,
fess ,
fess point ,
field ,
file ,
flanch ,
fleur -
de -
lis ,
fret ,
fur ,
fusil ,
garland ,
griffin ,
gules ,
gyron ,
hatchment ,
helmet ,
heraldic device ,
honor point ,
hospitality ,
housing ,
housing bill ,
housing development ,
housing problem ,
impalement ,
impaling ,
inescutcheon ,
label ,
lion ,
living quarters ,
lodging ,
lodgment ,
lower -
income housing ,
lozenge ,
mantling ,
marshaling ,
martlet ,
mascle ,
metal ,
motto ,
mullet ,
nombril point ,
octofoil ,
or ,
ordinary ,
orle ,
pale ,
paly ,
pean ,
pheon ,
purpure ,
quadripartition ,
quadrisection ,
quarter ,
rose ,
sable ,
saltire ,
scutcheon ,
shield ,
slum clearance ,
spread eagle ,
subdivision ,
subordinary ,
tenne ,
tincture ,
torse ,
tract ,
transient lodging ,
tressure ,
unicorn ,
urban renewal ,
vair ,
vert ,
wreath ,
yale
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