'Quartered' definitions:

Definition of 'Quartered'

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  • Quarter \Quar"ter\ (kw[aum]r"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quartered; p. pr. & vb. n. Quartering.]
  • 1. To divide into four equal parts. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To divide; to separate into parts or regions. [1913 Webster]
  • Then sailors quartered heaven. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To furnish with shelter or entertainment; to supply with the means of living for a time; especially, to furnish shelter to; as, to quarter soldiers. [1913 Webster]
  • They mean this night in Sardis to be quartered. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To furnish as a portion; to allot. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • This isle . . . He quarters to his blue-haired deities. -- Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Her.) To arrange (different coats of arms) upon one escutcheon, as when a man inherits from both father and mother the right to bear arms. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: When only two coats of arms are so combined they are arranged in four compartments. See Quarter, n., 1 (f) . [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Quartered'

From: GCIDE
  • Quartered \Quar"tered\, a.
  • 1. Divided into four equal parts or quarters; separated into four parts or regions. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 2. Furnished with quarters; provided with shelter or entertainment. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 3. Quarter-sawed; -- said of timber, commonly oak. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Synonyms of 'quartered'

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