| 单词 | quarter-book |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquarter-book quarter-book n. †(a) perhaps: a book containing quarterly accounts (obsolete); (b) a book recording quartering or lodgings. ΚΠ c1689 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) 146 His allowance..for returning the quarter books to Sr Edmund Turner. 1732 H. Crouch Compl. Guide to Officers of Customs in Out-ports iv. 198 The Warrants granted for the Delivery of the Goods, are to be compared with the Collector's Quarter Book. 1848 Southern Literary Messenger Jan. 51/2 The conduct of Lieut. Chadds, of the Java, who threw his quarter book into the sea,..is still fresh in the memory of all naval men. 1994 16th Cent. Jrnl. 25 962 The first formal move to alleviate this condition took place in 1563 and produced a quarterbook that indicated what rooms where [sic] available for the members of the court as well as the stalls for their horses. < as lemmas |
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