Adjacent Words
To get onTo get or To gather
To get or to hold In chancery
To get over
To get rid of
To get square with
To get the best of
To get the better of
To get the hang of
To get the range of
To get through
To get up
To get wind
To gird on
To gird up
To give a handle
To give a loose
To give a person line
To give a piece of one's mind to
To give a say at
To give and take
To give audience
To give away
To give back
To give battle
To give birth to
To give chase
To give ear to
To give effect to
To give forth
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
In quarter, and in terms like bride and groom. --Shak. I knew two that were competitors for the secretary's place, . . . and yet kept good quarter between themselves. --Bacon. False quarter, a cleft in the quarter of a horse's foot. Fifth quarter, the hide and fat; -- a butcher's term. On the quarter (Naut.), in a direction between abeam and astern; opposite, or nearly opposite, a vessel's quarter. Quarter aspect. (Astrol.) Same as Quadrate. Quarter back (Football), the player who has position next behind center rush, and receives the ball on the snap back. Quarter badge (Naut.), an ornament on the side of a vessel near, the stern. --Mar. Dict. Quarter bill (Naut.), a list specifying the different stations to be taken by the officers and crew in time of action, and the names of the men assigned to each. Quarter block (Naut.), a block fitted under the quarters of a yard on each side of the slings, through which the clew lines and sheets are reeved. --R. H. Dana, Jr. Quarter boat (Naut.), a boat hung at a vessel's quarter. Quarter cloths (Naut.), long pieces of painted canvas, used to cover the quarter netting. Quarter day, a day regarded as terminating a quarter of the year; hence, one on which any payment, especially rent, becomes due. In matters influenced by United States statutes, quarter days are the first days of January, April, July, and October. In New York and many other places, as between landlord and tenant, they are the first days of May, August, November, and February. The quarter days usually recognized in England are 25th of March (Lady Day), the 24th of June (Midsummer Day), the 29th of September (Michaelmas Day), and the 25th of December (Christmas Day). Quarter face, in fine arts, portrait painting, etc., a face turned away so that but one quarter is visible. Quarter gallery (Naut.), a balcony on the quarter of a ship. See Gallery, 4. Quarter gunner (Naut.), a petty officer who assists the gunner. Quarter look, a side glance. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. Quarter nettings (Naut.), hammock nettings along the quarter rails. Quarter note (Mus.), a note equal in duration to half a minim or a fourth of semibreve; a crochet. Quarter pieces (Naut.), several pieces of timber at the after-part of the quarter gallery, near the taffrail. --Totten. Quarter point. (Naut.) See Quarter, n., 1 (n) . Quarter railing, or Quarter rails (Naut.), narrow molded planks reaching from the top of the stern to the gangway, serving as a fence to the quarter-deck. Quarter sessions (Eng. Law), a general court of criminal jurisdiction held quarterly by the justices of peace in counties and by the recorders in boroughs. Quarter square (Math.), the fourth part of the square of a number. Tables of quarter squares have been devised to save labor in multiplying numbers. Quarter turn, Quarter turn belt (Mach.), an arrangement in which a belt transmits motion between two shafts which are at right angles with each other. Quarter watch (Naut.), a subdivision of the full watch (one fourth of the crew) on a man-of- war. To give, or show, quarter (Mil.), to accept as prisoner, on submission in battle; to forbear to kill, as a vanquished enemy. To keep quarter. See Quarter, n., 3.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Berth Berth, n. [From the root of bear to produce, like birth nativity. See Birth.] [Also written birth.] 1. (Naut.) (a) Convenient sea room. (b) A room in which a number of the officers or ship's company mess and reside. (c) The place where a ship lies when she is at anchor, or at a wharf. 2. An allotted place; an appointment; situation or employment. ``He has a good berth.'' --Totten. 3. A place in a ship to sleep in; a long box or shelf on the side of a cabin or stateroom, or of a railway car, for sleeping in. Berth deck, the deck next below the lower gun deck. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. To give (the land or any object) a wide berth, to keep at a distance from it.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Give Give, v. i. 1. To give a gift or gifts. 2. To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet. 3. To become soft or moist. [Obs.] --Bacon . 4. To move; to recede. Now back he gives, then rushes on amain. --Daniel. 5. To shed tears; to weep. [Obs.] Whose eyes do never give But through lust and laughter. --Shak. 6. To have a misgiving. [Obs.] My mind gives ye're reserved To rob poor market women. --J. Webster. 7. To open; to lead. [A Gallicism] This, yielding, gave into a grassy walk. --Tennyson. To give back, to recede; to retire; to retreat. They gave back and came no farther. --Bunyan. To give in, to yield; to succumb; to acknowledge one's self beaten; to cease opposition. The Scots battalion was enforced to give in. --Hayward. This consideration may induce a translator to give in to those general phrases. --Pope. To give off, to cease; to forbear. [Obs.] --Locke. To give on or upon. (a) To rush; to fall upon. [Obs.] (b) To have a view of; to be in sight of; to overlook; to look toward; to open upon; to front; to face. [A Gallicism: cf. Fr. donner sur.] Rooms which gave upon a pillared porch. --Tennyson. The gloomy staircase on which the grating gave. --Dickens. To give out. (a) To expend all one's strength. Hence: (b) To cease from exertion; to fail; to be exhausted; as, my feet being to give out; the flour has given out. To give over, to cease; to discontinue; to desist. It would be well for all authors, if they knew when to give over, and to desist from any further pursuits after fame. --Addison. To give up, to cease from effort; to yield; to despair; as, he would never give up.
