Quarter, subst. 1) a fourth part: Wiv. I, 1, 28. IV, 4, 5. Meas. III, 2, 213. Err. III, 2, 112. Ado V, 2, 85. Shr. IV, 3, 109. Wint. IV, 3, 85. IV, 4, 814. H4A II, 4, 19. III, 3, 20. H5 I, 2, 215. Rom. III, 1, 36. Mcb. V, 1, 34. == the fourth part of a year: “once or twice in a q.” H4B V, 1, 53.
2) a region in the hemisphere: “all the --s that they know i' the shipman's card,” Mcb. I, 3, 16.
3) the place where troops are lodged: All's III, 6, 70. John V, 5, 20. H6A II, 1, 63. H6A II, 1, 63 Tim. V, 4, 60. Ant. IV, 3, 22.
4) peace, friendship, concord: “keep fair q. with his bed,” Err. II, 1, 108 (cf. John V, 5, 20). “in q. and in terms like bride and groom,” Oth. II, 3, 180.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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