An Universal Dictionary of the Marine / Or, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Illustrated With Variety of Original Designs of Shipping, in Different Situations; Together With Separate Views of Their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. to Which Is Annexed, a Translation of the French Sea-terms and Phrases, Collected from the Works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c.

by William Falconer

Prendre le Quart, to set the watch.

Au Quart, au Quart! the watch, hoay! the starboard watch, hoay! the manner of calling the watch to relief.

Faire bon Quart sur la hune, to keep a good look-out in the tops.

Le premier Quart, or Quart de tribord, the starboard-watch. See Tribordais.

Second Quart, or Quart de bas-bord, the larboard-watch. See Basbordais.

QUARTS de vent, the quarter-points of the compass, or those which lie on each side of the cardinal and intermediate points, and are distinguished in English by the word by; as N by E, N E by N, &c.

QUARTIER Anglois, or Quart de nonante, a Davies’s quadrant.

Quartier de reduction, a sinical quadrant, used by the French pilots in working their days works, to discover the ship’s place.

Quartier-maître, an officer resembling the boatswain’s mate of an English ship.

Vent de Quartier, ou vent largue, a large, or quartering wind.