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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quartter  \Quart"ter\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Quartered};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Quartering}.] 
  1.  To  divide  into  four  equal  parts 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quartering  \Quar"ter*ing\,  a. 
  1.  (Naut.)  Coming  from  a  point  well  abaft  the  beam,  but  not 
  directly  astern;  --  said  of  waves  or  any  moving  object. 
 
  2.  (Mach.)  At  right  angles,  as  the  cranks  of  a  locomotive, 
  which  are  in  planes  forming  a  right  angle  with  each  other 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quartering  \Quar"ter*ing\,  n. 
  1.  A  station.  [Obs.]  --Bp.  Montagu. 
 
  2.  Assignment  of  quarters  for  soldiers;  quarters. 
 
  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. 
 
  4.  (Arch.)  A  series  of  quarters,  or  small  upright  posts.  See 
  {Quarter},  n.,  1 
  m  (Arch.)  --Gwilt. 
 
  {Quartering  block},  a  block  on  which  the  body  of  a  condemned 
  criminal  was  quartered.  --Macaulay. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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




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