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QUARTER.<br />
"quarter carrier of that honour which His enemy conies in.<br />
a i634KANnoi.rn Amyntus v. 6'] hey. do caper Like "quarter<br />
K.iiries at the least. 1610 HKALEV St. Ang. Citie of God<br />
iv. xi. (1620) 160 A "quarter ruler with his brethren and<br />
sisters, c 1640 J. SMYTH Lives Berkeley* (18831 I- "6 The<br />
lawes. .as some have written, were as "quarter-tirants.<br />
f 28. (Sense 8 '<br />
'<br />
= a) quarter's ', quarterly ', as<br />
quarter-allowance, -almoner, -feast, -fee, -salary,<br />
-sermon, -service, -sttpper. Also QUARTER-DAY,<br />
-SESSIONS, -WAITER.<br />
1727 DOVER Diet, Fr.-AngL, Quarter, .. 'Quarter-allowance.<br />
1599 SANDYS Europx Spec. 9 With an eye perhaps<br />
that themselves would be his "quarter Almoners. 1609 li.<br />
JONSON Silent Woman It. ii, It is his "quarter-feast, sir.<br />
I. STEPHENS Satyr. Ess. n Clearkes and other knaves<br />
1615<br />
. . Will take a pention or a "quarter-fee. 1583 STUBBES Anat.<br />
Abus. It. (1882) 77 Preaching their *quarter sermons themselues.<br />
a 1555 LATIMER Serin, ff Rein. (1845) 243 Any services<br />
in your churches, either trental, or<br />
Quarter-service,<br />
other. 1591 in Acts Prev. Counc. N. S. XXII. 564 Irysche<br />
customes as .. "Quartersupers called Quidraighe.<br />
29. Naut. (sense 22 a) as quarter- badge, -bitt,<br />
-boat, -check, -davits, -fast, -netting, -port, -rail,<br />
-railing, -stanchions (cf. quots.). See also quarterboard,<br />
-cloth, -ladder, -timbers in 30, and QUARTER-<br />
GALLERY, -LINE, -PIECE, -WIND.<br />
1807 ROBINSON ArchxoL Grxca iv. xiv. 390 To the aicpoaroAia<br />
in the prow answered the duarter-Notes;.<br />
.an Interval which no<br />
human Ear can precisely distinguish. 1773 HARRINGTON<br />
Singing ofBirds nt Phil. Trans. LXIII. 264 Such a minute<br />
interval . . when a quarter-note for example might be re-<br />
quired. 1825 J. NICHOLSON (>/V>w/. Mechanic 504 Where<br />
the height of a story is considerable, resting places are<br />
necessary, which go under the name of ^quarter-paces, and<br />
half-paces, according as the passenger .. has to describe a<br />
quadrant or semi-circle. 1858 Skyring's Guilders' Prices<br />
(ed. 48) 13 The Plates and Braces in "Quarter Partitions must<br />
be added. 1841-59 GWII.T Arc/lit, (ed. 4) 2024 The scant
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