Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
quart .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as 2d
Carte .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun fencing The fourth defensive position, with the
sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at neck height.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Once, indeed, thrusting in quarte, Tracy's point, aimed too high, flashed above the other's guard and ripped the cambric shirt at the sleeve.
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His Grace fell back a pace, parrying in quarte, and as John with a quick twist changed to quarte also and the blades crossed, Tracy lunged forward the length of his arm, and a deep red splash stained the whiteness of my lord's sleeve at the shoulder.
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The steel sung with our quick changes from 'quarte' to 'tierce'.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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The steel sung with our quick changes from 'quarte' to 'tierce'.
Richard Carvel — Volume 06 Winston Churchill 1909
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The steel sung with our quick changes from 'quarte' to 'tierce'.
Richard Carvel — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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He found striking analogies between a hit in 'quarte' or
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Volume 05 Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1745
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He found striking analogies between a hit in 'quarte' or
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Complete Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1745
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He found striking analogies between a hit in 'quarte' or 'tierce' with the intervals of music which bears those names: when he made a feint he cried out, "take care of this 'diesis'," because anciently they called the 'diesis' a feint: and when he had made the foil fly from my hand, he would add, with a sneer, that this was a pause: in a word, I never in my life saw a more insupportable pedant.
The Confessions of J J Rousseau Rousseau, Jean Jacques 1896
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That topped expectations, and fueled hopes that liquid-crystal-display panel industry prices will bottom in the fourth quarte r.
Asia Shares Rise, Led by Tech Shri Navaratnam 2010
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"Coinstar made meaningful contributions to our gains this year, making up about a quarte r of our total return, a large part of which was due to trading around the position," Mr. Johnson said.
LaGrange Funds Turn Cautious After Big 2010 Gains Amy Or 2011
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