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▪ I. † disˈquarter, v.1 Obs. rare.
[f. dis- 6 or 7 c + quarter.]
intr. To leave one's quarters.
1654Earl of Monmouth tr. Bentivoglio's Warrs of Flanders 65 In their quartering and disquartering, and particularly upon occasion of forrage, there happened almost continually some skirmishes between the soldiers of the two Armies.
▪ II. † disˈquarter, v.2 Obs. rare.
[irreg. f. dis- 1, in twain (or Gr. δίς twice) + quarter v.]
trans. To halve or divide the quarters of.
1632Quarles Div. Fancies iii. lxxviii. (1660) 132 If then, at most, the measur'd life of Man Be counted but a span, Being half'd, and quarter'd, and disquarter'd thus, What, what remains for us? |