[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quarter \quar"ter\ kwaumr"t~er, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   quartered; p. pr.  vb. n. quartering.
   1. to divide into four equal parts.
      1913 webster

   2. to divide; to separate into parts or regions.
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            then sailors quartered heaven.        --dryden.
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   3. to furnish with shelter or entertainment; to supply with
      the means of living for a time; especially, to furnish
      shelter to; as, to quarter soldiers.
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            they mean this night in sardis to be quartered.
                                                  --shak.
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   4. to furnish as a portion; to allot. r.
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            this isle . . .
            he quarters to his blue-haired deities. -- milton.
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   5. her. to arrange different coats of arms upon one
      escutcheon, as when a man inherits from both father and
      mother the right to bear arms.
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   note: when only two coats of arms are so combined they are
         arranged in four compartments. see quarter, n., 1
      f .
          1913 webster
see also:
quartered quartering quarter 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quartering \quar"tering\, a.
   1. naut. coming from a point well abaft the beam, but not
      directly astern; -- said of waves or any moving object.
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   2. mach. at right angles, as the cranks of a locomotive,
      which are in planes forming a right angle with each other.
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[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quartering \quar"tering\, n.
   1. a station. obs. --bp. montagu.
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   2. assignment of quarters for soldiers; quarters.
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   3. her.
      a the division of a shield containing different coats of
          arms into four or more compartments.
      b one of the different coats of arms arranged upon an
          escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer.
          1913 webster

   4. arch. a series of quarters, or small upright posts. see
      quarter, n., 1
      m arch. --gwilt.
          1913 webster

   quartering block, a block on which the body of a condemned
      criminal was quartered. --macaulay.
      1913 webster
see also:
quarter quartering block 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

quartering
     n 1: a coat of arms that occupies one quarter of an escutcheon;
          combining four coats of arms on one shield usually
          represented intermarriages
     2: living accommodations especially those assigned to military
        personnel
     3: dividing into four equal parts

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

122 moby thesaurus words for "quartering":
   achievement, alerion, animal charge, annulet, argent,
   armorial bearings, armory, arms, assembly-line housing, azure,
   bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baton, bearings, bend, bend sinister,
   billet, billeting, blazon, blazonry, bordure, broad arrow,
   cadency mark, canton, chaplet, charge, chevron, chief,
   coat of arms, cockatrice, coronet, crescent, crest, cross,
   cross moline, crown, device, difference, differencing,
   domiciliation, doss, eagle, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois,
   escutcheon, falcon, fess, fess point, field, file, flanch,
   fleur-de-lis, fret, fur, fusil, garland, griffin, gules, gyron,
   hatchment, helmet, heraldic device, honor point, hospitality,
   housing, housing bill, housing development, housing problem,
   impalement, impaling, inescutcheon, label, lion, living quarters,
   lodging, lodgment, lower-income housing, lozenge, mantling,
   marshaling, martlet, mascle, metal, motto, mullet, nombril point,
   octofoil, or, ordinary, orle, pale, paly, pean, pheon, purpure,
   quadripartition, quadrisection, quarter, rose, sable, saltire,
   scutcheon, shield, slum clearance, spread eagle, subdivision,
   subordinary, tenne, tincture, torse, tract, transient lodging,
   tressure, unicorn, urban renewal, vair, vert, wreath, yale

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Quartering Act - 1765
...XIV, And, for better preventing abuses in quartering or billeting the ... there may be occasion for marching and quartering of regiments and ... ..
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Hanging, drawing and quartering
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Quartering Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartering_Act, score=54, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 5:03 pm

Hanging, drawing and quartering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drawing_and_quartering, score=47, date indexed=February 2, 2006, 2:01 pm

DRAWING AND QUARTERING - LoveToKnow Article on DRAWING AND QUARTERING
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http://85.1911encyclopedia.org/D/DR/DRAWING_AND_QUARTERING.htm, score=40, date indexed=November 17, 2005, 8:04 pm

Quartering Act
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http://www.wikiverse.org/quartering-act, score=38, date indexed=November 30, 2005, 2:58 am

Boat Docking - Boat Docking in a Quartering Wind
...The quartering wind docking holds a special place in my heart. Years ... Boat Docking in a Quartering Wind — for Boat Safe [ 1998 April/May ] ... ..
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