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one-fourth: one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound" a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter" one of four periods of play into which some games are divided; "both teams scored in the first quarter" a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour; "it's a quarter til 4"; "a quarter after 4 o'clock" one of four periods into which the school year is divided; "the fall quarter ends at Christmas" a fourth part of a year; three months; "unemployment fell during the last quarter" one of the four major division of the compass; "the wind is coming from that quarter" a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine" an unspecified person; "he dropped a word in the right quarter" provide housing for (military personnel) stern: the rear part of a ship draw: pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes" piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp divide into quarters; "quarter an apple" clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent; "he surrendered but asked for quarter"
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| quarter crack |
a crack on the inside of a horse's forefoot
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a section of the surface of a millstone defined by master furrows, not necessarily one-fourth the surface area of a millstone. Quarter dress- a form of millstone dress using a series of straight furrows, the largest of which divide the surface of the millstone into regions called "quarters." Quern- a simple form of rotary grist mill, consisting of a stationary lower bed stone and an upper runner stone usually rotated by hand with the aid of a stick or lever fastened to the upper stone. ...
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A term that describes a common length of courses offered by a school. Quarters usually last about 10 weeks. In these schools, courses are offered four times a year, including summer session.
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| quarter |
One of the four three-month periods into which the calendar year is divided for the reporting of economic data.
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