QUARTERSTAFF
Quar"ter*staff`, n.; pl. Quarterstaves (.
Defn: A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; — so called because in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end.
QUARTET; QUARTETTE Quar*tet", Quar*tette", n. Etym: [It. quartetto, dim. of quarto the fourth, a fourth part, fr. L. quartus the fourth. See Quart.]
1. (Mus.) (a) A composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument. (b) The set of four person who perform a piece of music in four parts.
2. (Poet.)
Defn: A stanza of four lines.
QUARTIC
Quar"tic, a. Etym: [L.quartus fourth.] (Mach.)
Defn: Of the fourth degree.
QUARTIC Quar"tic, n. (a) (Alg.) A quantic of the fourth degree. See Quantic. (b) (Geom.) A curve or surface whose equation is of the fourth degree in the variables.
QUARTILE
Quar"tile, n. Etym: [F.quartile aspect, fr. L. quartus the fourth.
See Quart.] (Astrol.)