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Quarter
·vt Friendship; amity; concord.
II. Quarter ·vi To <<Lodge>>; to have a temporary residence.
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quarter
This term literally implies one quarter of the ship, but in common parlance applies to 45° abaft the...
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Bill
·noun A pickax, or mattock.
II. Bill ·noun One who wields a bill; a billman.
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bill
A weapon or implement of war, a pike or halbert of the English infantry. It was formerly carried by ...
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Quarter round
·- An <<Ovolo>>.
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Quarter-deck
·noun That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one.
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Quarter-saw
·add. ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. To saw (a log) into quarters; specif., to saw into quarters and then into boar...
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Three-quarter
·adj Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five;
— said of portraitures.
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staring quarter
An ox cheek.
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last quarter
See quarter, last.
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quarter, first
When the moon appears exactly as a half-moon, 90° from the sun towards the east, she is in the first...
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quarter, last
When the moon appears exactly as a half-moon, and her angular distance from the sun 90°, but towards...
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quarter-badge
Artificial galleries; a carved ornament near the stern of those vessels which have no quarter-galler...
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quarter-blocks
Blocks fitted under the quarters of a yard, on each side the slings, for the topsail-sheets, topsail...
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quarter-boat
Any boat is thus designated which is hung to davits over the ship's quarter.
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quarter-cask
One-half of a hogshead, or 28 imperial gallons.
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quarter-cloths
Long pieces of painted canvas, extended on the outside of the quarter-netting, from the upper part o...
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quarter-davits
Pieces of iron or timber with sheaves or blocks at their outer ends, projecting from a vessel's quar...
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quarter-deck
That part of the upper deck which is abaft the main-mast. (See decks, and jack's quarter-deck.)
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quarter-deckers
Those officers more remarkable for etiquette than for a knowledge of seamanship.
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quarter-deckish
Punctilious, severe.
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quarter-fast
See fast.
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quarter-flood
See flood.
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quarter-gallery
A sort of balcony with windows on the quarters of large ships. (See gallery.)
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quarter-galley
A Barbary cruiser.
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quarter-guard
A small guard posted in front of each battalion in camp.
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quarter-gunner
See gunner.
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quarter-ladder
From the quarter-deck to the poop.
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quarter-man
A dockyard officer employed to superintend a certain number of workmen.
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quarter-master
A petty officer, appointed to assist the master and mates in their several duties, as stowing the ho...
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quarter-nettings
The places allotted on the quarters for the stowage of hammocks, which, in action, serve to arrest m...
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quarter-pieces
Projections at the after-part of the quarter, forming the boundaries of the galleries.
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quarter-point
A subdivision of the compass-card, equal to 2° 48′ 45″ of the circle.
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quarter-ports
Those made in the after side-timbers, and especially in round-stern vessels. They are inconvenient f...
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quarter-rails
Narrow moulded planks, reaching from the stern to the gangway, and serving as a fence to the quarter...
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quarter-sights
The engraved index on the base-rings of cannon in quarter degrees from point-blank to two or three d...
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quarter-slings
Are supports attached to a yard or other spar at one or both sides of (but not in) its centre.
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quarter-stanchions
Strong iron stanchions in a square-sterned vessel, connecting the main-rail with the taffrail; used ...
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quarter-tackle
A strong tackle fixed occasionally upon the quarter of the main-yard, to hoist heavy bodies in or ou...
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quarter-timbers
The framing timbers in a vessel's quarter.
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quarter-watch
A division of one-fourth of the crew into watches, which in light winds and well-conducted ships is ...
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quarter-wind
Blowing upon a vessel's quarter, abaft the main-shrouds.
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quarter-shot
See water-shot
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Bank bill
·- In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand...
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Bill book
·- A book in which a person keeps an account of his notes, bills, bills of exchange, ·etc., thus sho...
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Bill broker
·- One who negotiates the discount of bills.
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Bill holder
·- A person who holds a bill or acceptance.
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Brown bill
·- A bill or halberd of the 16th and 17th centuries. ·see 4th Bill.
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Crane's-bill
·noun A pair of long-beaked forceps.
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Duck's-bill
·adj Having the form of a duck's bill.
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Hedging bill
·- A hedge bill. ·see under <<Hedge>>.
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Ivory-bill
·noun A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp,...
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Parrot's-bill
·noun The glory pea. ·see under <<Glory>>.
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Ripper bill
·add. ·- An act or a bill conferring upon a chief executive, as a governor or mayor, large powers of...
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Speckled-bill
·noun The American white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons).
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Bill Alley
See Billet Court.
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apothecary's bill
A long bill.
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channel-bill
n.
name given to a birdresembling a large cuckoo, Scythrops novae-hollandiae,Lath. See Scythrops.
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kaka-bill
n.
a New Zealand plant, the Clianthus (q.v.), so called from the supposedresemblance of the flower ...
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parrot-bill
n.
See kaka-bill.
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red-bill
n.
bird-name given to Estrelda temporalis, Lath. It is also appliedto the Oyster-catchers (q.v.); a...
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spine-bill
n.
an Australian «Honey-eater,» but not now so classed. There are two species – – The Slender Spine...
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wedge-bill
n.
an Australian bird. ThisEnglish name for a species of humming-bird is applied inAustralia to Sph...
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bank-bill
A bank-note.
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cranes-bill
(Geranium maculatum.) The popular name of a native geranium, which grows about fences and the edges ...
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way-bill
A list of the passengers in a stage-coach, railroad car, steamboat, or other public conveyance.
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stock's-bill
geranium Robertianum. N.
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bill-boards
Doubling under the fore-channels to the water-line, to protect the planking from the bill of the anc...
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bill-fish
See gar-fish.
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bill-hook
A species of hatchet used in wooding a ship, similar to that used by hedgers.
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brown bill
The old weapon of the English infantry: hence, perhaps the expression "Brown Bess" for a musket.
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butcher's bill
A nickname for the official return of killed and wounded which follows an action.
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clean bill
(See bill of health.) When all are in health.
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cock-bill
The situation of the anchor when suspended from the cat-head ready for letting go. Also said of a ca...
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fire-bill
The distribution of the officers and crew in case of the alarm of fire, a calamity requiring judicio...
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foul bill
See bill of health.
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hawk's-bill
♦ Chelone imbricata, a well-known turtle frequenting the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, so named from h...
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quarterly bill
The document by which officers draw three months' personal pay.
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razor-bill
A sea-fowl allied to the auks, Alca torda.
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saw-bill
A name for the goosander, Mergus merganser.
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station-bill
A list containing the appointed posts of the crew when performing any evolution but action.
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victualling-bill
A custom-house document, warranting the shipment of such bonded stores as the master of an outward-b...
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watch-bill
The pocket "watch and station bill," which each officer is expected to produce if required, and inst...
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jack's quarter-deck
The deck elevation forward in some vessels, often called a top-gallant forecastle.
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on the quarter
Being in that position with regard to a ship, as to be included in the angles which diverge from rig...
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quarter-deck nettings
See netting.
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quarter-deck officers
A term implying the executive in general; officers whose places in action are there, in command.
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quarter-master general
Is the head of that department of the army which has charge of the quartering, encamping, embarking,...
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bill at sight
To pay a bill at sight; to be ready at all times for the venereal act.
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bill of sale
A widow's weeds.
See house to let.
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bill of exchange
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bill of freedom
A full pass for a neutral in time of war.
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bill of health
A certificate properly authenticated by the consul, or other proper authority at any port, that the ...
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bill of lading
A memorandum by which the master of a ship acknowledges the receipt of the goods specified therein, ...
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bill of sale
A written document by which the property of a vessel, or shares thereof, are transferred to a purcha...
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bill of view
See bill of sight
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bill of sight
, or bill of view
A warrant for a custom-house officer to examine goods which had been shipped for...
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bill of store
A kind of license, or custom-house permission, for re-importing unsold goods from foreign ports duty...
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moor quarter-shot, to
To moor quartering, between the two ways of across and along.
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top-gallant quarter-boards
, or top-gallant bulwarks.
See quarter-boards.
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first quarter of the moon
See quarter, first.
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walk the quarter-deck, to
A phrase signifying to take the rank of an officer.
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lee-side of the quarter-deck
Colloquially called the midshipman's parade.
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