quarteron, n.m., the fourth part of a pound, or of a hundred. Demi-—; the eighth part of a pound, or of a hundred.
quartidi (koo-ar-), n.m., Quartidi (fourth day of the decade in the calendar of the first French republic).
quartier (-tié), n.m., quarter, fourth part; piece, part; block; quarter (of a town, of the moon); ward; district; neighborhood; flap (of a saddle); gammon (of bacon); block (of stone); (arch., her., milit., vet.) quarter; descent; study, form (in schools). pl., quarters. Un — de lard; half a flitch of bacon. — de soulier; quarter of a shoe. — général; (milit.) headquarters. Elève du troisième —; pupil of the third form. De —; (milit.) on duty. Demander —; to beg for quarter, for mercy. Il ne donne point de — à ses débiteurs; he is eternally dunning his debtors. On n’y fait — à personne; they spare nobody there.
quartier-maître, n.m., (—s-—s) (milit., nav.) quartermaster, second-class petty officer.
quarto. V. in-quarto.
quarto (kooar-to), adv., fourthly, in the fourth place.
quartz (kooar-tz), n.m., (min.) quartz.
quartzeu-x, -se (kooa-), adj., (min.) quartzose, quartzy.
quasi, n.m., (cook.) thick end of a loin of veal; chump, chump end.
quasi, adv., (fam.) almost, nearly; quasi.