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as chairman. In England this is not ge- 

 nerally the case by law, but barristers 

 are chiefly preferred, and the duty to be 

 performed is so multifarious, that it re- 

 quires no small skill in law, accompa- 

 nied with much activity and industry, 

 to execute it justly. 



QUARTER of a ship, is that part of a 

 ship's hold which lies between the steer- 

 age room and the transom. 



QUARTERS, dose, in a ship, those places 

 where the seamen quarter themselves in 

 case of boarding, for their own defence, 

 and for clearing the decks, 8cc. 



QUARTER mastws, or QUARTEERS, in a 

 man of war, are officers whose business 

 it is to rummage, stow, and trim the ship 

 in the hold; to overlook the steward in 

 his delivery of victuals to the cook, and 

 in pumping or drawing out beer, or the 

 like. They are also to keep their watch 

 duly, in conning the ship, or any other 

 duty. 



QUARTER is also used for a division of 

 a city, consisting of several ranges of 

 buildings, &c. separated from some other 

 quarter by a river, great street, &c. Such 

 were formerly the twenty quarters of the 

 city of Paris. 



QUARTER, in war, is used in various 

 senses, as for the place allotted to a body 

 of troops to encamp upon : thus they say, 

 the general has extended his quarters a 

 great way, &c. Quarter also signifies 

 the sparing men's lives : thus, it is said, 

 the enemy asked quarter; we gave no 

 quarter. 



QUARTER of an assembly, is the place of 

 rendezvous, where the troops are to 

 meet, and draw up in a body. 



QUARTERS, head, is the place where 

 the general of an army has his quarters, 

 which is generally near the centre of the 

 army. 



QUARTER maste>\ an officer in the army, 

 whose business is to look after the quar- 

 ters of the soldiers ; of which there are 

 several kinds, rzz.the quarter-master ge- 

 neral, whose business is to provide good 

 quarters for the whole army. Quarter- 

 master of horse, he who is to provide 

 quarters for a troop of horse. Quarter- 

 master of foot, he who is to provide quar- 

 ters for a regiment of foot. 



QUARTERS, in a clock, are the little 

 bells that sound the quarters in an hour. 



QUARTERS, in building, are those slight 

 upright pieces of timber placed between 

 the puncheons and posts, used to lath 

 upon. These are of two sorts, single 

 and double ; the single quarters are saw- 

 ed to two inches thick, and four inches 



broad ; the double quarters are sawed to 

 four inches squae. It is a rule in car- 

 pentry, that no quarters be placed at 

 a greater distance than fourteen inches. 



QUARTERING, in the sea-language, 

 is disposing the ship's company at an en- 

 gagement, in such a manner as that each 

 may readily know where his station is, 

 and what he is to do. As some to the 

 master for the management of the sails ; 

 some to assist the gunners in traversing 

 the ordnance ; some for plying of the 

 small shot ; some to fill powder in the 

 powder-room ; others to carry it from 

 thence to the gunners, in cartridges, &c. 



The number of men appointed to man- 

 age the artillery is in proportion to the 

 nature of the guns, number and condi- 

 tion of the ship's crew. When a ship is 

 well manned, so as to fight both sides 

 occasionally, then 



Pounder. 

 To a 42 there are 



32 



24 



18 . 



Men. 

 . 15 



13 



11 



9,&c. 



This number may be reduced, if ne- 

 cessary, and yet the guns be well ma- 

 naged. 



The number of men appointed to the 

 small arms, on board his Majesty's ships, 

 will be as follows, viz. 



To a First rate .... 150 



Second ditto . . 120 

 Third of 80 guns 100 



of 70 ... 80 



Fourth of 60 ... 70 



of50 ... 60 



Fifth 50 



Sixth 40 



Sloops of war . . 30 



Lieutenants command the different bat- 

 teries; the master superintends the move- 

 ments of the ship ; arid the boatswain and 

 a number of men have-charge of the rig- 

 ging, &c. 



AY hen a ship under sail goes at large, 

 neither by wind, nor before a wind, but 

 as it were between both, she is said to go 

 quartering. 



QUARTERING, in gunnery, is when a 

 piece of ordnance is so traversed that it 

 will shoot on the same line, or on the 

 same point of the compass as the ship's 

 quarter bears. 



QUARTERING, in heraldry, is dividing a 

 coat into four or more quarters, or quar- 

 terings, by parting, couping, &c. that is, 



