Quartern: alternatives and connections

An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint.

A vinegar cup; socket of the hip bone; a measure of about one eighth of a pint, etc.

To strike; to peck.

A liquid measure formerly used in France and Great Britain, varying from half a pint to a wine quart.

A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter…

A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck.

The carved work under the quarter piece at the aft part of the quarter gallery.

A varying measure of capacity, usually being the fourth part of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons.

A frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship, and hence called stern gallery or quarter gallery, -- seldom…

A measure of capacity, containing one fourth of a pint.

A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note.

A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing three quarts, one pint, one gill, English measure.

A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry mea…

A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint.

A dry measure, containing about a peck.

A liquid measure equal to four gills, or an imperial pint.

A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate.

The fold of integument, usually supported by bony plates, which protects the gills of most fishes and some amphibians; the gill cover;…