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quartered
[ kwawr-terd ]
adjective
- divided into quarters.
- furnished with quarters or lodging.
- (of wood) quartersawed.
- Heraldry.
- (of an escutcheon) divided into four or more parts.
- (of a cross) having the central square portion removed.
quartered
/ ˈɔːə /
adjective
- heraldry (of a shield) divided into four sections, each having contrasting arms or having two sets of arms, each repeated in diagonally opposite corners
- (of a log) sawn into four equal parts along two diameters at right angles to each other; quartersawn
Other 51Թs From
- ܲ·ܲt adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of quartered1
Example Sentences
Williams, having found the capsule and burst it between his teeth, was led off the pitch, with strangely scarlet blood streaming from his mouth, splattering on Quins' famous quartered shirt.
The dried apricots and figs should be quartered, and the apple diced to a similar size.
Looking back on White’s original 500-word essay, trying to pinpoint the source of the internet’s ire, you might think you missed a line in which she insisted that all musicians be drawn and quartered.
Carrying a teddy bear and sporting a genial smile, he nevertheless can have a man drawn and quartered and order dogs to be set upon a hapless victim being dragged to death behind a motorcycle.
Perhaps they hoped that by allowing Daszak to be drawn and quartered, they might persuade the Republicans to climb down from their evidence-free claims about government complicity in the pandemic’s origins.
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