- Quartered
- Quarter Quar"ter (kw[aum]r"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Quartered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quartering}.]
1. To divide into four equal parts.
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2. To divide; to separate into parts or regions. [1913 Webster]
Then sailors quartered heaven. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
They mean this night in Sardis to be quartered. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
4. To furnish as a portion; to allot. [R.] [1913 Webster]
This isle . . . He quarters to his blue-haired deities. -- Milton. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
Note: When only two coats of arms are so combined they are arranged in four compartments. See {Quarter}, n., 1 (f) . [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.