Quartered (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Quartered

Divided into four parts; to be hanged, drawn, and quartered, is the sentence on traitors and rebels. Persons receiving part of the salary of an office from the holder of it, by virtue of an agreement with the donor, are said to be quartered on him. Soldiers billetted on a publican are likewise said to be quartered on him.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

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