quarter jackn.¹

Brit.

/ˈkwɔːtədʒak/, U.S.

/ˈkwɔrdərˌdʒæk/

Forms: see quarter n. and Jack n.² Also with capital initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quarter n., Jack n.²

Etymology: < quarter n. + Jack n.²

1. A jack of the clock which strikes the quarters. See Jack n.² 6, Jack of the clock n. at Jack n.² Phrases 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of

nut1428

peise1428

plumbc1450

Jack1498

clockwork1516

larum1542

Jack of the clockhouse1563

watch-wheel1568

work1570

plummeta1578

Jack of the clock1581

snail-cam1591

snail-work1591

pointer1596

quarter jack1604

mainspring1605

winder1606

notch-wheel1611

fusee1622

count-wheel1647

jack-wheel1647

frame1658

arbor1659

balance1660

fuse1674

hour-figure1675

stop1675

pallet1676

regulator1676

cock1678

movement1678

detent1688

savage1690

clock1696

pinwheel1696

starred wheel1696

swing-wheel1696

warning-wheel1696

watch1696

watch-part1696

hoop-wheel1704

hour-wheel1704

snail1714

step-wheel1714

tide-work1739

train1751

crutch1753

cannon pinion1764

rising board1769

remontoire1774

escapement1779

clock jack1784

locking plate1786

scapement1789

motion work1795

anchor escapement1798

scape1798

star-wheel1798

recoil escapement1800

recoiling pallet1801

recoiling scapement1801

cannon1802

hammer-tail1805

recoiling escapement1805

bottle jack1810

renovating spring1812

quarter-boy1815

pin tooth1817

solar wheel1819

impulse-teeth1825

pendulum wheel1825

pallet arbor1826

rewinder1826

rack hook1829

snail-wheel1831

quarter bell1832

tow1834

star pulley1836

watch train1838

clock train1843

raising-piece1843

wheelwork1843

gravity escapement1850

jumper1850

vertical escapement1850

time train1853

pin pallet1860

spade1862

dead well1867

stop-work1869

ringer1873

strike-or-silent1875

warning-piece1875

guard-pin1879

pendulum cock1881

warning-lever1881

beat-pin1883

fusee-piece1884

fusee-snail1884

shutter1884

tourbillion1884

tumbler1884

virgule1884

foliot1899

grasshopper1899

grasshopper escapement1899

trunk1899

pin lever1908

clock spring1933

1604 T. Middleton Ant & Nightingale To Rdr. sig. A4^v The quarter Iacks in Powls [i.e. St Paul's], that are vp with their Elbows foure times an houre.

1771 E. Ledwich Antiquitates Sarisburienses 92 On the East side is a dial of near ten feet square, with quarter jacks under it.

1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xvi. 190 A little canopy with a quarter-jack and small bell beneath it.

1909 Times 18 Jan. 12/4 The ‘Quarter Jack’ in the western tower..is set in motion by the old clock.

1950 Home Words Christmas 184/2 At Carfax, Oxford, a pair of fine quarter-jacks are placed in a prominent position beneath the dial of the clock.

1998 R. M. Cooper Literary Guide & Compan. S. Eng. (rev. ed.) 250 Among the minster's many other attractions are a seventeenth century chained library and the ‘jack-o'-clock’, or quarter jack.

2. Military slang. = quartermaster n. 3. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > quartermaster

quartermaster1590

fourrier1678

Q.M.1791

quartermaster captain1846

Q1916

quarter1917

quarter-bloke1918

quarter jack1930

1930 G. MacMunn Behind Scenes in Many Wars xiv. 300 Fresh caviare..annoyed our men when they got a ration of it and complained of ‘that black jam, what the quarter-jack had said was fish’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quarter jack
释义	quarter jackn.¹ Brit. /ˈkwɔːtədʒak/, U.S. /ˈkwɔrdərˌdʒæk/ Forms: see quarter n. and Jack n.² Also with capital initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: quarter n., Jack n.² Etymology: < quarter n. + Jack n.² 1. A jack of the clock which strikes the quarters. See Jack n.² 6, Jack of the clock n. at Jack n.² Phrases 3. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > part(s) of nut1428 peise1428 plumbc1450 Jack1498 clockwork1516 larum1542 Jack of the clockhouse1563 watch-wheel1568 work1570 plummeta1578 Jack of the clock1581 snail-cam1591 snail-work1591 pointer1596 quarter jack1604 mainspring1605 winder1606 notch-wheel1611 fusee1622 count-wheel1647 jack-wheel1647 frame1658 arbor1659 balance1660 fuse1674 hour-figure1675 stop1675 pallet1676 regulator1676 cock1678 movement1678 detent1688 savage1690 clock1696 pinwheel1696 starred wheel1696 swing-wheel1696 warning-wheel1696 watch1696 watch-part1696 hoop-wheel1704 hour-wheel1704 snail1714 step-wheel1714 tide-work1739 train1751 crutch1753 cannon pinion1764 rising board1769 remontoire1774 escapement1779 clock jack1784 locking plate1786 scapement1789 motion work1795 anchor escapement1798 scape1798 star-wheel1798 recoil escapement1800 recoiling pallet1801 recoiling scapement1801 cannon1802 hammer-tail1805 recoiling escapement1805 bottle jack1810 renovating spring1812 quarter-boy1815 pin tooth1817 solar wheel1819 impulse-teeth1825 pendulum wheel1825 pallet arbor1826 rewinder1826 rack hook1829 snail-wheel1831 quarter bell1832 tow1834 star pulley1836 watch train1838 clock train1843 raising-piece1843 wheelwork1843 gravity escapement1850 jumper1850 vertical escapement1850 time train1853 pin pallet1860 spade1862 dead well1867 stop-work1869 ringer1873 strike-or-silent1875 warning-piece1875 guard-pin1879 pendulum cock1881 warning-lever1881 beat-pin1883 fusee-piece1884 fusee-snail1884 shutter1884 tourbillion1884 tumbler1884 virgule1884 foliot1899 grasshopper1899 grasshopper escapement1899 trunk1899 pin lever1908 clock spring1933 1604 T. Middleton Ant & Nightingale To Rdr. sig. A4^v The quarter Iacks in Powls [i.e. St Paul's], that are vp with their Elbows foure times an houre. 1771 E. Ledwich Antiquitates Sarisburienses 92 On the East side is a dial of near ten feet square, with quarter jacks under it. 1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. xvi. 190 A little canopy with a quarter-jack and small bell beneath it. 1909 Times 18 Jan. 12/4 The ‘Quarter Jack’ in the western tower..is set in motion by the old clock. 1950 Home Words Christmas 184/2 At Carfax, Oxford, a pair of fine quarter-jacks are placed in a prominent position beneath the dial of the clock. 1998 R. M. Cooper Literary Guide & Compan. S. Eng. (rev. ed.) 250 Among the minster's many other attractions are a seventeenth century chained library and the ‘jack-o'-clock’, or quarter jack. 2. Military slang. = quartermaster n. 3. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > quartermaster quartermaster1590 fourrier1678 Q.M.1791 quartermaster captain1846 Q1916 quarter1917 quarter-bloke1918 quarter jack1930 1930 G. MacMunn Behind Scenes in Many Wars xiv. 300 Fresh caviare..annoyed our men when they got a ration of it and complained of ‘that black jam, what the quarter-jack had said was fish’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1604
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