- A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths,
cutlers, etc. - A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short
post; an intermediate stud. - A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed; as, a
floor made of puncheons. - A cask containing, sometimes 84, sometimes 120, gallons.
- District - One fourth - One of four - Three months - One of four equal parts into which anything is divided, or
is regarded as divided; a fourth part or portion; as, a quarter of a
dollar, of a pound, of a yard, of an hour, etc. - The fourth of a hundred-weight, being 25 or 28 pounds,
according as the hundredweight is reckoned at 100 or 112 pounds. - The fourth of a ton in weight, or eight bushels of grain;
as, a quarter of wheat; also, the fourth part of a chaldron of coal.
- A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. - A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to
heat tar. - An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over
which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast. - A very large marine turtle (Thalassochelys caretta, /
caouana), common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil
to Cape Cod; -- called also logger-headed turtle. - An American shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus), similar to
the butcher bird, but smaller. See Shrike.
- internet comment - Letters and parcels delivered - Letters that come after appointment - Mail service - Position of duty - Send by mail - Send to job – the last one was at funeral