ng the surface a quaking bog.

QUAKER. A false or wooden gun; so called in allusion to the "Friends"
not fighting.

QUALIFIED PROPERTY. Not only those who have an absolute property in
ships and goods, but those also who have but a qualified property
therein, may insure them. (_See_ EQUITABLE TITLE.)

QUALITIES. The register of the ship's trim, sailing, stowage, &c., all
of which are necessary to her _behaviour_.

QUAMINO. A negro.

QUANT. An old term for a long pole used by the barge-men on our east
coast; it is capped to prevent the immerged end from sticking in the
mud.

QUARANTINE. Is, at most, a seclusion of forty days, from a free
communication with the inhabitants of any country, in order to prevent
the importation of the plague, or any other infectious disorder, either
by persons or goods. The quarantine laws originated in the Council of
Health at Venice in the fourteenth or fifteenth century. (_See_
LAZARETTO.)

QUARRIL. The short dart or arrow shot from a cross-bow; or the bricolle
of the middle ages.

QUARRY. The prey taken by whalers; a term borrowed from falconers.

QUARTE. In sword defence was one of the four guards, and also a position
in fencing.

QUARTER. This term literally implies one quarter of the ship, but in
common parlance applies to 45 deg. abaft the beam. Thus the log is hove
over the lee-quarter; quarter boats hang abaft the mizen-mast, &c. Again,
the quarters apply to the divisional batteries, as forward, main, middle,
or lower-decks, forecastle, and quarter-deck, and yet these comprise both
sides. Close-quarters may be on any point, and the seaman rather
delights in the bow attack, using the bowsprit as his bridge.--_Giving
quarter._ The custom of asking and giving quarter in warfare originated,
it is said, between the Dutch and Spaniards, that the ransom of an
officer or soldier should be a _quarter_ of his year's pay. No quarter
is given to pirates, but it is always given to a vanquished honourable
opponent.--_On the quarter_, 45 deg. abaft the beam.

QUARTER, FIRST. When the moon appears exactly as a half-moon, 90 deg.
from the sun towards the east, she is in the first quarter, with her
western half illuminated.

QUARTER, LAST. When the moon appears exactly as a half-moon, and her
angular distance from the sun 90 deg., but towards the west, she is said
to be in the last quarter, with her eastern half illuminated.

QUARTER-BADGE. Artificial galleries; a carved ornament near