Definition of Quarterings. Meaning of Quarterings. Synonyms of Quarterings

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Definition of Quarterings

Quartering
Quartter Quart"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quartered; p. pr. & vb. n. Quartering.] 1. To divide into four equal parts.
Quartering
Quartering Quar"ter*ing, a. 1. (Naut.) Coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object. 2. (Mach.) At right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive, which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
Quartering
Quartering Quar"ter*ing, n. 1. A station. [Obs.] --Bp. Montagu. 2. Assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters. 3. (Her.) (a) The division of a shield containing different coats of arms into four or more compartments. (b) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer. 4. (Arch.) A series of quarters, or small upright posts. See Quarter, n., 1 (m) (Arch.) --Gwilt. Quartering block, a block on which the body of a condemned criminal was quartered. --Macaulay.

Meaning of Quarterings from wikipedia

- Look up quartering in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Quartering may refer to: Dividing into four parts: Dismemberment - a form of execution Hanged,...
- marriage to bring in quarterings. It is permissible to omit quarterings, but if a quartering was brought in by a later quartering, it is essential to show...
- The Quartering Acts were several acts of the Parliament of Great Britain which required local authorities in the Thirteen Colonies of British North America...
- chivalry to noblemen who could demonstrate that their lineage had extended "quarterings", i.e. several generations of noble ancestry, to be eligible for offices...
- sentence of hanging, drawing, and quartering was changed to drawing, hanging until dead, and posthumous beheading and quartering, before being abolished in England...
- (Amendment III) to the United States Constitution places restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent, forbidding the...
- Eventually quartering gained usage, and in the height of its po****rity during the Victorian era, some coats of arms featured hundreds of "quarterings" (see...
- various obsolete customary units of measurement Quarters of nobility or quarterings, the number of generations in which noble status has been held by a family...
- Parliament Navigation Iron Mol****es Royal Proclamation of 1763 Sugar Currency Quartering Stamp up i.p.o Declaratory Townshend Tea Quebec Intolerable Conciliatory...
- becomes important when the large sample is not homogeneous. Coning and quartering is a method used by analytical chemists to reduce the sample size of a...