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one of the four major division of the compass; "the wind is coming from that quarter" provide housing for (military personnel) divide into quarters; "quarter an apple" divide by four; divide into quarters 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" piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) a quarter of a hundredweight (28 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" a district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter" 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" one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound" the rear part of a ship |
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