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单词 quarter face
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quarter face
quarter face n. the face (of a person, the moon, etc.) when one quarter revealed; (Military) the action or position of facing quarter-way to the right or left (cf. half face n. 2).
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1616 B. Jonson Forrest xii. 29 in Wks. I Let them still, Turne, vpon scorned verse, their quarter-face.
1655 J. Shirley Gentleman of Venice v. iii The moon..will shew a quarter face.
1759 E. Fage Regular Form Discipline for Militia ii. 11 First Motion, The Officer makes a Quarter face to the Right.
1890 Overland Monthly May 501/2 The whole regiment, one thousand strong, cast about as one man, making a quarter face to the right.
1992 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. (Nexis) 10 Sept. e10 A quarter-face of the moon with a perimeter of stars was..illuminated from below by a light fixture.
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