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Definition of Quartered
1. a. Divided into four equal parts or quarters; separated into four parts or regions.
Definition of Quartered
1. Verb. (past of quarter) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quartered
1. quarter [v] - See also: quarter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quartered
Literary usage of Quartered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Documents and Letters Intended to Illustrate the Revolutionary Incidents of by Henry Onderdonk (1846)
"Published a military work on his return to Germany. || quartered at John ...
quartered at T. Townsend's. tt quartered at Timothy Smith's, tt quartered at D. ..."
2. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland [1807-1868/69] by Great Britain, George Kettilby Rickards (1818)
"are quartered and ... Forces (hall be quartered by virtue of the faid Aft, for
Hay and Straw, (hall be One Shilling per Diem. [Tbit AS it tie fame as 57 G. ..."
3. The Constitution of the United States by United States, Robert Desty, Albert Brunner (1884)
"Ao soldier to be quartered, ... in time of peace, be quartered in any home without
the consent of the owner, nor In time of war, but in a manner to be ..."
4. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1839)
"The horse were quartered, for the most part, between Liskeard and the sea; and
every day compelled the earl's forces to retire, and to lodge close together; ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events (1871)
"... of the United States has been quartered ' tSi-i ;hí capítol of this State
during the present • • ; o: the General Assembly, ..."
6. Christian Iconography: Or, The History of Christian Art in the Middle Ages by Adolphe Napoléon Didron (1851)
"... in the following cross which is pattee inscribed within a circle, and quartered
with four open books, each of which is surrounded by a circular aureole. ..."
7. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"... I made the lion hold an axe, with the field of the scutcheon quartered ; and
I put the axe in solely that I might not be unmindful to revenge him. LI. ..."
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