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Meanings of heraldic quartering in English

Method of joining several different coats of arms together.

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        1
        Yet there were tiny straws which showed that the wind was quartering.
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        2
        He'll conjure you up the Tower, and a hanging, drawing, and quartering.
        To Have and to Hold
        3
        In the Bean, the roots are in four long rows, quartering the stem.
        Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; from Seed to Leaf / For t...
        4
        You don't want to pay for quartering people longer than you have to.
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        5
        The fourth Bill legalized the quartering of troops within the town of Boston.
        The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. / From 16...