·noun That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one.
That part of the upper deck which is abaft the main-mast. (See decks, and jack's quarter-deck.) ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The deck elevation forward in some vessels, often called a top-gallant forecastle. ...
See netting. ...
A term implying the executive in general; officers whose places in action are there, in command. ...
·v A heap or store. II. Deck ·v The roof of a passenger car. III. Deck ·v A pack or set of playing...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·vt Friendship; amity; concord. II. Quarter ·vi To <<Lodge>>; to have a temporary residence. III. ...
This term literally implies one quarter of the ship, but in common parlance applies to 45° abaft the...
A phrase signifying to take the rank of an officer. ...
·noun ·see Half deck, under <<Deck>>. II. Half-deck ·noun A shell of the genus Crepidula; a boat sh...
·add. ·- A narrow superstructure running from stem to stern on the upper deck of a steam cargo vesse...
·- A covering of painting canvas for the equipments of a dragoon's horse. ...
The 'tween decks. ...
A word formerly in use for to trim, as "we deckt up our sails." ...
See beams. ...
, otherwise deck-load (which see). ...
Pieces of wood temporarily nailed to the deck to secure objects in bad weather, as guns, deck-load, ...
The compass timber bolted horizontally athwart a ship's bow, connecting the stem, timbers, and deck-...
An oblong-house on the deck of some merchantmen, especially east-country vessels, and latterly in pa...
Timber, casks, or other cargo not liable to damage from wet, stowed on the deck of merchant vessels....
A kind of spike with a snug head, commonly made in a diamond form; they are single or double deck-na...
An iron pipe through which the chain cable is paid into the chain-locker. ...
In a steamer, are at the side of the vessel, worked with a lever by manual power, to supply addition...
The interstices between the planks. ...
That sheet of a studding-sail which leads directly to the deck, by which it is steadied until set; i...
(See stopper of the cable.) A strong stopper used for securing the cable forward of the capstan or w...
A purchase led along the decks. ...
A continued floor laid from the stem to the stern, upon one range, without any break. ...
The fore-part of the upper deck at a vessel's bows. ...
That part from the fore-mast to the bows. ...
A light movable deck, similar to the hatch-deck, but with open gratings. ...
See decks. ...
A space between the foremost bulk-head of the steerage and the fore-part of the quarter-deck. In the...
Gun brigs had hatches instead of lower decks. ...
A light deck over the saloon of some steamers. ...
The place where a ship's crew mess. ...
This term is loosely applied, though properly it signifies a temporary deck laid in any part of a ve...
The floor of a cabin, or 'tween decks. ...
The highest of those decks which are continued throughout the whole length of a ship without falls o...
·- An <<Ovolo>>. ...
·add. ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. To saw (a log) into quarters; specif., to saw into quarters and then into boar...
·adj Measuring thirty inches by twenty-five; — said of portraitures. ...
An ox cheek. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
See quarter, last. ...
When the moon appears exactly as a half-moon, 90° from the sun towards the east, she is in the first...
When the moon appears exactly as a half-moon, and her angular distance from the sun 90°, but towards...
Artificial galleries; a carved ornament near the stern of those vessels which have no quarter-galler...
A list containing the different stations to which the officers and crew are quartered in time of act...
Blocks fitted under the quarters of a yard, on each side the slings, for the topsail-sheets, topsail...
Any boat is thus designated which is hung to davits over the ship's quarter. ...
One-half of a hogshead, or 28 imperial gallons. ...
Long pieces of painted canvas, extended on the outside of the quarter-netting, from the upper part o...
Pieces of iron or timber with sheaves or blocks at their outer ends, projecting from a vessel's quar...
Those officers more remarkable for etiquette than for a knowledge of seamanship. ...
Punctilious, severe. ...
See fast. ...
See flood. ...
A sort of balcony with windows on the quarters of large ships. (See gallery.) ...
A Barbary cruiser. ...
A small guard posted in front of each battalion in camp. ...
See gunner. ...
From the quarter-deck to the poop. ...
A dockyard officer employed to superintend a certain number of workmen. ...
A petty officer, appointed to assist the master and mates in their several duties, as stowing the ho...
The places allotted on the quarters for the stowage of hammocks, which, in action, serve to arrest m...
Projections at the after-part of the quarter, forming the boundaries of the galleries. ...
A subdivision of the compass-card, equal to 2° 48′ 45″ of the circle. ...
Those made in the after side-timbers, and especially in round-stern vessels. They are inconvenient f...
Narrow moulded planks, reaching from the stern to the gangway, and serving as a fence to the quarter...
The engraved index on the base-rings of cannon in quarter degrees from point-blank to two or three d...
Are supports attached to a yard or other spar at one or both sides of (but not in) its centre. ...
Strong iron stanchions in a square-sterned vessel, connecting the main-rail with the taffrail; used ...
A strong tackle fixed occasionally upon the quarter of the main-yard, to hoist heavy bodies in or ou...
The framing timbers in a vessel's quarter. ...
A division of one-fourth of the crew into watches, which in light winds and well-conducted ships is ...
Blowing upon a vessel's quarter, abaft the main-shrouds. ...
See water-shot ...
Colloquially called the midshipman's parade. ...
The same as lodging-knees. ...
Iron knees having two tails, the one going on the bottom of a deck-beam, the other on the top of a h...
See deck-nails. ...
The cry to call attention from aloft or below. ...
Being in that position with regard to a ship, as to be included in the angles which diverge from rig...
Is the head of that department of the army which has charge of the quartering, encamping, embarking,...
To moor quartering, between the two ways of across and along. ...
, or top-gallant bulwarks. See quarter-boards. ...
An officer of considerable importance in former times in ships of the line; he was responsible for t...
The officer appointed to superintend all the duties to be executed upon the main-deck during the day...
See quarter, first. ...
The old practice of morning and evening evolutions in a line-of-battle ship, wind and weather permit...