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quantite 362 quatre
quantite de mouvement, quantity of motion, momentum;
de travail, quantity of work.
quarantaine, f., quarantine; (cord.) ratline stuff;
tre en to be , quarantined;
faire (la) , to perform quarantine;
lever la to admit to , pratique ;
d' observation, light quarantine, observation;
prendre la , to begin quarantine;
purser sa , to clear one's quarantine, to
spend the quarantine.
quarantainier, quarantenier, quarantinler,
m., (cmf.) ratline stuff;
gros , twel /e-thread ratline stuff;
petit nine-thread ratline stu3.
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quarderonner, v. a., to quarter round; to round
off.
quart, m., quarter; point of the compass; cup or
tin; (mil.) soldier's drinking cup; (nav.) watch
(duty and party).
I. Naval; II. Miscellaneous.
I. Naval:
d'un aire de vent, quarter point of the compass;
de bdbord, port watch;
chef de , captain of the watch; engineer of
the watch;
chef de aux chandler es, leading stoker;
- de commandement, officers' watch;
demi , half point of the compass;
de deux heures, dog watch;
de dian.e, morning watch;
etre de , to be on watch;
faire bon to , keep a good lookout;
faire le to , keep the watch;
faire son to , stari*d one's watch;
de huit heures & midi, forenoon Watch;
de huit heures & minuit, first watch;
dujour, morning watch; day watch;
libre de , watch below;
maitre de , boatswain's mate;
de mecanicien, engine-room watch;
de midib, quatre heures, afternoon watch;
de minuitd, quatre heures, middle watch;
de mouillage, anchor watch;
de nuit, night watch;
officier de , watch officer;
petit , dog watch;
prendre le to , go on watch, to take the watch;
regler le to set the , watch;
remplacer le , to relieve the watch;
rdlede watch , bill;
de tribord, starboard watch;
de vent, point of the compass.
II. Miscellaneous:
biscuite, (mil.) bread cooked only one-fourth
as long as biscuit;
de cercle, (inst.) quadrant; (art.) gunner's
quadrant;
de cercle en ~bois, (art.) wooden quadrant;
de cercle d niveau (d, bulle d'air), (art.) spiritlevel
quadrant;
de cercle d, pendule, (art.) pendulum quadrant;
de cercle d regie, (inst.) common quadrant;
de conversion, (mil.) wheel (of 90);
en , (man.) sort of volt;
ttre de cheval, to have a fourth interest in
race horse;
loi du , v. s. v. loi;
de minute, 15-second sand glass;
de nonante, quadrant;
ti pendule, (art.) pendulum quadrant;
de reflexion, v. octant;
de reserve, one-quarter of the timber belonging
to public establishments left to grow;
de rond, (cons.) quarter round (tool, molding,
and strip);
travailler un cheval de en . (man.) to take
a horse three times over each side of the square.
quarte, f., (fenc.) quarte; (hipp.) quarter crack;
quarte, contre de , v. s. v. conlre, m.;
fausse , (fenc.) feint quarte;
parade de , (fenc.) quarte parry.
quartier, m., quarter; part, piece; quarters, lodging;
quarter, ward, of a town; study room or
hall (of a school): sum paid quarterly; quarter
(of a year, of the moon, of a shoe, etc.); principal
part of a coat; (farr.) quarter (of a horseshoe);
(hipp.) quarter of the hoof; (inst.) quadrant;
quadrant (of a compass card); (harn.) saddle
flap; (mil.) open garrison town; barracks, quarters
(in a town); quarter (i. e., sparing the life
of an enemy);
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d'lsiemblee, (mil.) rendezvous, alarm post;
place of assembly in general (e. g., to form for
a march, a re view);
bois de , cleft (fire) wood;
de cantonnement, (mil.) cantonments; cantoned
troops;
cheval qui fait neuf, (hipp.) horse that is
quarter cast;
s de cheval, quarters of a horse;
de campement, (mil.) camp quarters;
demander , (mil.) to ask quarter;
donner , (mil.) to give quarter; (mas., carp.)
to turn a stone or timber o -er on its next face;
(in stereotomy ) to represent a stone in position;
doubles s, (harn.) saddle skirts:
en , in quarters; (cord.) four-stranded;
enlever un , (mil.) to beat up quarters;
entrer en , (hipp.) to cut away the quarters
of a hoof;
faire , (mil.) to give quarter;
faire lever les - s, (mil.) to force the enemy to
break up and abandon his post;
faire neuf, (hipp.) to be quarter cast;
faux , (hipp.) false quarter; (harn.) under
flap, false quarter (of a saddle);
defourrage, (mil.) cantonments where troops
have to be scattered for subsistence;
general, (mil.) headquarters (includes the
staff proper and all the services and depart-
ments); officers composing the headquarters;
quarters of c. o.;
grand general, (mil.) headquarters of the
army, main headquarters, commander in
chief's headquarters; olOcers composing the
main headquarters;
s d'un habit, four principal pieces of a coat;
d'hiver, (mil.) winter quarters;
lever les s, (mil.) to break up one's quarters
and retire in good order;
de la lune, quarter of the moon;
maitre, (mil.) quartermaster (obs. in
France); (nav.) quartermaster;
maitre general, (mil.) quartermaster-general
(obs. in France);
petit general, (mil.) private headquarters;
de pierre, large block of stone; said also of
dressed stones, so many to the cubic meter;
de rafraichissement, (mil.) summer quarters,
or quarters where troops may recruit in a campaign
;
de reflexion, (inst.) Hadley's quadrant;
deselle, (harn.) saddle flap, skirt;
de soulier, quarter, heelpiece, of a shoe;
de terre, bit of land;
tournant, (cons.) winding (stair) between two
flights;
de troupes, (mil.) part of a town where troops
are stationed;
du vent, quarter of the wind;
de ville, quarter, district, ward;
de vis suspendue, (cons.) part of a staircase
joiaing two apartments not on the same floor;
des vivres, (mil.) place where supplies are
stored.
quartz, m., quartz.
quatre, adv., four;
en , (cord.) four-stranded;
par , (mil.) right forward, fours right;