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Määritelmät

Adjektiivit

1. Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.
2. (chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (1/4, 25%).
3. (chiefly) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.

Verbit

1. (obsolete) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
2. (transitive) To divide into quarters.
3. (transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
4. (intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.

Substantiivit

1. Any one of four equal parts into which something has been divided.
2. (US, Canada) A coin worth 25 cents (1/4 of a dollar).
3. A period of three consecutive months (1/4 of a year).
4. A section or area (of a town, etc.).
5. (uncountable) Accommodation granted to a defeated opponent
6. An old English measure of corn, containing 8 bushels.
7. An old English measure of cloth, nine inches or four nails
8. (historical) Each of the four divisions or watches of a twelve-hour night.
9. (heraldiccharge) A charge made up of a quarter of the shield, larger than a canton, and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
10. That part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, being the side of the coffin.
11. (nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
12. (obsolete) Friendship; amity; concord.
13. (military slang, now rare) A quartermaster sergeant; a quartermaster.