About The Word Quartter
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Quartter
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What's The Definition Of Quartter?Synonyms | Synonyms for Quartter: Related Terms | Find terms related to Quartter: See Also | Quartter In Webster's Dictionary \Quart"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quartered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Quartering}.]
1. To divide into four equal parts.
2. To divide; to separate into parts or regions.
Then sailors quartered heaven. --Dryden.
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.
They mean this night in Sardis to be quartered.
--Shak.
4. To furnish as a portion; to allot. [R.]
This isle . . . He quarters to his blue-haired
deities. -- Milton.
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.
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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