单词 | quarter-sawed |
释义 | quarter /kwörˈtər/noun
ORIGIN: OFr quarter, from L quārtārius a fourth part, from quārtus fourth quarˈterage noun
quarˈtered adjective quarˈtering adjective
quarˈterly adjective
A quarterly periodical quartˈerback noun (American football) The player between the linemen and the halfbacks, who directs the attacking play of the team quarˈter-binding noun A type of bookbinding in which the spine and a small part of the sides are covered with a different material than the rest of the book quarˈter-blood noun A person of one-quarter Native American descent quarˈter-bound adjective Bound using quarter-binding quarˈter-boy or quarˈter-jack noun An automaton that strikes the quarter-hours quarˈter-bred adjective (of horses, cattle, etc) having only one-fourth pure blood quarter day noun The day on each of the year's quarters on which rent or interest is due to be paid quarˈterdeck noun The part of the deck of a ship abaft the mainmast, used by cabin passengers and by superior officers (and saluted on warships) quarˈterdecker noun (naval sl) A stickler for naval etiquette quarˈter-evil or quarter-ill noun Black-quarter (qv) quarˈter-fiˈnal noun The round before the semi-final in a knockout competition quarˈter-gallery noun A projecting balcony on a ship's quarter quarˈter-guard noun A guard of a battalion in camp quarˈter-gunner noun (US; historical) A naval petty-officer, under the gunner, a gunner's mate quarˈter-horse noun (US) A horse that can run a quarter of a mile or so at great speed quarter hour noun
quarter-hourˈly adverb quarˈter-jack noun
quarˈterlight noun A small triangular window in a car for ventilation quarˈtermaster noun
quartermaster-genˈeral noun A staff-officer who deals with transport, marches, quarters, fuel, clothing, etc quartermaster-serˈgeant noun A senior non-commissioned officer with administrative duties quarter-milˈer noun An athlete whose speciality is the 400 metres or quarter-mile race quarter note noun
quarˈter-plate see under plate quarter-poundˈer noun A burger weighing a quarter of a pound quarˈter-rail noun A rail stretching from a ship's gangway to its stern quarˈter-repeating adjective (of a repeating watch or clock) that strikes the quarter hours quarˈter-road noun A road divided into four strips by ruts and horse-track quarˈter-round noun A moulding whose section is about a quadrant, an ovolo quarˈter-saw transitive verb (pat and pap quarˈter-sawed or quarˈter-sawn) To saw (timber) from quartered logs, so that the face of the planks is at an angle of at least 45º to the growth rings quarˈter-seal noun The seal kept by the director of the Chancery of Scotland, known also as ‘the testimonial of the Great Seal’ quarter section noun (N American) An area of land half a mile square, 160 acres quarˈter-sessions plural noun A court formerly held quarterly by justices of the peace (superseded in England and Wales in 1972 by crown courts) quarˈterstaff noun
quarˈter-tone noun Half a semitone quarˈter-wind noun A wind blowing on a ship's quarter (a) quarter after or past Fifteen minutes after (a specified hour) (a) quarter to Fifteen minutes before the hour at close quarters
keep a quarter or a bad quarter (obsolete) To make a disturbance keep good quarter (Shakespeare) To keep good watch or good order |
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