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Added 9 October 2026

quartering

verb

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present participle and gerund of quarter

noun

A division into four parts.
The act of providing housing for military personnel, especially when imposed upon the home of a private citizen.
The method of capital punishment where a criminal is cut into four pieces.

adjective

Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; said of waves or any moving object.
Coming from aft and to one side; having both a crosswind and tailwind component.
At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.

Origin

By surface analysis, quarter + -ing.

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