Noun

Any one of four equal parts into which something has been divided.

(US, Canada) A coin worth 25 cents (1/4 of a dollar).

A period of three consecutive months (1/4 of a year).

A section or area (of a town, etc.).

(uncountable) Accommodation granted to a defeated opponent

* 1955 , J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King , HarperCollinsPublishers (2007), p. 1110.

Hard fighting and long labour they had still; for the Southrons were bold men and grim, and fierce in despair, and the Easterlings were strong and war-hardened and asked for no quarter .

An old English measure of corn, containing 8 bushels.

* 1882 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , volume 4, p. 204.

One of these is 1 Hen. V, cap. 10, defining the quarter of corn to be eight struck bushels, and putting fines on purveyors who take more.

An old English measure of cloth, nine inches or four nails

(historical) Each of the four divisions or watches of a twelve-hour night.

* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Mark VI:

And aboute the fourth quartre of the nyght, he cam unto them, walkinge apon the see [...].

(heraldiccharge) A charge made up of a quarter of the shield, larger than a canton, and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.

That part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, being the side of the coffin.

* 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 23[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/23]

...at last she kicked right over the carriage pole and fell down, after giving me a severe blow on my near quarter .

(nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.

(obsolete) Friendship; amity; concord.

* Shakespeare

In quarter , and in terms like bride and groom.

* Francis Bacon

I knew two that were competitors for the secretary's place, and yet kept good quarter between themselves.

A quartermaster sergeant; a quartermaster.

* 1925 , (Ford Madox Ford), No More Parades'', Penguin 2012 (''Parade's End ), p. 360:

Tietjens said: ‘Send the Canadian sergeant-major to me at the double….’ to the quarter .

Noun

(en noun)

A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.

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A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.

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One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.

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A region in a specified position with respect to something.

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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)

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One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing.

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One set of competitors in a game.

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A sports team.

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*2011 , Nick Cain, Greg Growden, Rugby Union For Dummies , UK Edition, 3rd Edition, p.220:

*:Initially, the English, Welsh, Scots and Irish unions refused to send national sides', preferring instead to send touring ' sides like the Barbarians, the Penguins, the Co-Optimists, the Wolfhounds, Crawshays Welsh, and the Public School Wanderers.

A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.

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* Landor

*:We have not always been of thesame side in politics.

* Alexander Pope

*:sets the passions on the side of truth

Sidespin; english

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A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (lb).

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A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.

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A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.

* Milton

*:To sit upon thy father David's throne, / By mother's side thy father.