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On the QUARTER
On the QUARTER, may be defined an arch of the horizon, contained between the line prolonged from the ship's stern and any distant object, as land, ships, &c. Thus if the ship's keel lies on an East and west line, the stern being westward, any distant object perceived in the north-west or south-west, is said to be on the larboard or starboard quarter. See the article BEARING.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 226, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1009.html