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QUARTILE

Volume 18 · 51 words · 1842 Edition

an aspect of the planets when they are at the distance of ninety degrees from each other, and which is denoted by the character ☐.

QUARTERING, in Heraldry, is dividing a coat into four or more quarters or quarterings, by parting, coupant, and otherwise, that is, by perpendicular and horizontal lines.