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of which is of a different size, expressed by the number of thepieces that make a foot of glass, viz. eighths, tenths, eighteenths,and twentieths; but all the sizes are cut to the same angles, theacute angle in the square-quarrels being 77’ If/, and 67° 21' in thelong ones.

Quarry, among hunters, is sometimes used fora part of theentrails of the beast taken, given by way of reward to the hounds.

QUART, in Scottish measure, two pints. ■ See Measure.

Quart, in English measure, the fourth part of the gallon, ortwo pints.

Quart, in the late French measure, was also two pints: be-sides which, they had various other quarts, distinguished by thewhole of which they are quarters, as Quart de boissea, Quart deMuid, &c. ^

QUAR TAN, a species, of intermitting fever. See Medicine.

Quartan, a measure containing the fourth part of some oHliermeasure.

QUARTARIUS, in ancient Roman measure, the fourth partof the congius.

QUARTATION is an operation by which the quantity of onethins is made equal to a fourth part of the quantity of another thing.

If is preparatory to the parting; and even many authors extendthis name to the operation of parting. See Parting.

QUA RTF. II, in astronomy, the fourth part of the moon’s period ;thus, from the new moon to the quadrature is the first quarter;from this to the lull moon, the second quarter, &c.

Quarter, in dry measure, is the fourth part of a ton in weight,dr eight bushels.

Quarter, in weights, is generally used for the fourth part of anhundred weight avoirdupois, or 281b.

Quarter, in the manege. To work from quarter to quarter, isto ride a horse three limes in upon the first of the four lines of asquare ; then changing your hand, to ride him three time 0 upon thesecond : and so to the tldrd and fourth ; always changing hands, andobserving the same order.

Quarter, or Quarters, with respect to the parts of a horse,is used in various senses: thus the shoulders and fore-legs are calledthe fore-quarters, and the hips and hinder legs the hind-quarters.i$ee Farriery .

Quarter, in heraldry, is applied to the parts or members of thefirst division of a coat that is quartered, or divided into fourquarters.

Quarter, Franc, in heraldry, is a quarter single or alone ;which is to possess one-fourth part of the field. It makes one of thehonourable ordinaries of a coat.

Quarter of a Ship, that part of the ship’s side which lies to-wards the stern : or which is comprehended between the aftmostend of the main chains and the sides of the stern, where it is termi-nated by the quarter-pieces.

Quarter, on the, may be defined an arch of the horizon,contained between the line prolonged from the ship’s stern and anydistant object, as land, ships, &c. 'Thus if the ship’s keel lies on anea,t and west line, thfe stern being westward, any distant objectperceived on the north-west or south-west is said to be on the lar-board or starboard quarter.

Quarters, a name given at sea to the several stations where theofficers and crew of a ship of war afe posted in action.

Quarters, at a siege, the encampment upon one of the mostprincipal passages round a place besieged, to prevent relief andconvoys.

Quarters, Head,,of an Army , the place where the com-mander-in-chief has his quarters. 'The quarters of generals of horseare, if possible, in villages behind the right and left wings, and thegenerals of foot are often in the same place : but the commander-in-chief should be near the centre of the army.

Quarters, Intrenched, a place fortified with a ditch andparapet Insecure a body of troops.

Quar i ers of Refreshment, the place or places where troopsthat have been much harassed are put to recover themselves duringsome part of the campaign.

Quarters, Winter, sometimes mean the space’of time includ-ed between leaving the camp and taking the field; bnt more■ places where the troops are quartered during the

properly thewinter.

Quarters of a Saddle, are the pieces of leather orVOL. IV.—-no. 187.

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made fast to the low'er part of the sides of a saddle, and hangingdown below it.

Quarters, in a clock, are the litlje bells that sound the quar-ters in an hour.

Quarters, in building, are those slight upright pieces of timberplaced between the puncheonsand posts, used to lath upon.

Quarter-Bill, a roll, or list, containing the different stations,to which all the officers and crew of the ship are quartered in thetime of battle, and the names of all the persons appointed to thosestations.

Quarter-Cast, in farriery. A horse is said to be quarter-cast,when for any disorder in the coffin we are obliged to cut one of thequarters of the hoof.

Quarter-Master, an officer, whose business is not only tolook after the quarters of the soldiers, but their clothing, bread,ammunition, tiring, &c. Every regiment of foot and artillery hasa quarter-master, and every troop of horse one, w ho are only war-rant-officers, except in the Blues.

Quarter-Master-General is a considerable officer in thearmy ; and should be a man of great judgement and experience,and well skilled in geography. His duty is to mark the marchesand encampments of an army : he should know the country per-fectly well, with its rivers, plains, marshes, woods, mountains, de-files, passages, &c. even to the smallest brook.

Quarter-Netting, a sort of net-work, extended along therails on the upper part of a ship’s quarter. In a ship of war theseare always double, being supported by iron-cranes, placed at pro-per distances. The interval is sometimes filled with cork, or oldsails: but chiefly with the hammocks of the sailors, so as to forma parapet to prevent the execution of the enemy’s small arms inbattle.

Quarter-Sessions, a general court held quarterly by the jus-tice of peace of each county. This court is appointed by slat. 2 .Hen . v. c. 4, to be in the first week alter Michaelmas day; thefirst week after the Epiphany ; the first week after the close ofEaster; and in the week after the translation of Saint Thomas aBecket , or the 7th of July. This court is held before two ormore justices of the peace, one of whom must be of the quorum.'The jurisdiction of this court by 34 Ed. Ill. c. 1, extends to thetrying and determining of all felonies and trespasses whatsoever,though they seldom, if ever, try any greater offence than smallfelonies within the benefit of clergy, their commission providing,that if any case of difficulty arises, they shall not proceed to judge-ment, hut in the presence of one of the justices of the courts ofking’s bench or common-pleas, or one of the judges of assize.But there are many offences, and particular matteis, which byparticular statutes belong properly to this jurisdiction, as, the smallermisdemeanors not amounting to felony, relating to the game,highways, alehouses, bastard children, the settlement and provi-sion for the poor, vagrants, servant’s wages, apprentices, &c. Therecords or rolls of the sessions are committed to the custody of aspecial officer, denominated the custos rotulorum. In most cor-poration-towns the; e are quarter-sessions, kept before justices oftheir own, withirt their respective limits, which have exactly thesame authority as the general quarter-sessions of the county, ex-cept in a very few instances.

Quarter-Round, in architecture, is a term used by the work-men for'any projecting moulding in general, whose contour is aperfect quadrant of a circle, or which approaches near that figure.

Quarter-Wheeling, or Quarter of Conversion, in themilitary art, is the motion by which the front of a body of men isturned round to where the flank was, by taking a quarter of a cir-cle. If it be done to the right, the man in the right-hand anglekeeps his ground and faces about, while the rest wheel; if to theleft, the left hand man keeps his place.

Quarter-Wind, at sea, is a lateral or side-wind, which doesnot blow in stern, but a little aside of it. This is tiie best of allwinds, as bearing into all the sails; whereas a wind blotviiur full instem, is kept off by the sails of tiie mizzen. °

QUART ERIN G,in heraldry, is dividing a coat into four or morequarters, or quartering*, by parting, cooping, & c . that is, by per-pendicular and horizontal lines, &c. Quartering is also applied totiie partitions or compartments themselves; that is, to the severalcoats home on an escutcheon, or the several divisions made in it,when the arms of several families are placed on the same shield, on5 2 account