| canton |
to assign lodging to (soldiers, troops, or the like); billet; quarter. [1/3 definitions] |
| Casbah |
(sometimes l.c.) the old, crowded native quarter of any of several North African cities, esp. Algiers. [1/2 definitions] |
| common time |
a musical meter of four beats, usu. quarter notes, to the measure; four-four time. |
| crescent |
the shape of the moon when it looks to us like a narrow arc. The moon appears as a crescent in its first and last quarters. [4/3 definitions] |
| firkin |
a unit of capacity equal to about a quarter of a barrel. [1/2 definitions] |
| four-four time |
a musical meter having four quarter notes or their equivalent in each measure. |
| fourth |
one of four equal parts of a whole; one quarter; 1/4. [1/3 definitions] |
| fractional currency |
coins or paper money with a value less than the standard monetary unit, such as a U.S. dime or quarter. |
| half-moon |
the moon in the first or last quarter, when half its disk is illuminated. [1/2 definitions] |
| ham1 |
the rear quarter of a hog, esp. the thigh, or the meat of this section in fresh or smoked form. [1/3 definitions] |
| leap year |
a year in the Gregorian calendar having 366 days which occurs every four years, the extra day, February 29, making up the quarter day difference between the common year and the astronomical year. [1/2 definitions] |
| measuring cup |
a specially designed cup used in cooking for measuring ingredients. Some measuring cups are designed to hold one specific amount of an ingredient such as a half cup, third cup, or quarter cup. Many large measuring cups are marked to show different levels of capacity. |
| minuet |
a slow, graceful dance in three-quarter time, popular in Europe and America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. [1/2 definitions] |
| quadrant |
one quarter of the arc of a circle. [1/5 definitions] |
| quadroon |
a person who is one quarter black and three quarters white; the child of a mulatto and a white person. |
| quart |
a unit of measure equal to two pints or a quarter of a gallon. A quart is a little less than a liter. (abbreviated: qt.) [1/2 definitions] |
| quarter |
one fourth of the time that it takes the moon to travel around the earth. A quarter lasts for seven days because it takes 28 days for the moon to make one trip around the earth. [1/9 definitions] |
| quarter day |
any of the four days of the year that are regarded as beginning a new season or quarter and on which quarterly payments are due. |
| quarter horse |
any of a breed of saddle horses developed for quarter-mile racing and favored for their quickness, strength, and versatility. |
| quarto |
in printing, the size of a page equal to one quarter of a standard whole sheet, or about nine by twelve inches. [2/3 definitions] |
| seed pearl |
a very small, often imperfect pearl, weighing less than one quarter of a gram. |