To quarter

To QUARTER. A barbarous punishment formerly inflicted on criminals by tearing them to pieces by means of four horses, one attached to each limb.

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Calots are not permitted within the walls of the palace proper, and so I had had to relegate poor Woola to quarters in the stables where the royal thoats are kept.

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To put one's nose to the grindstone
To put one's self upon the country
To put out of court
To put out of the way
To put over
To put stress upon
To put the best foot foremost
To put the cart before the horse
To put the comether on
To put the great seal into commission
To put the hand unto
To put the kibosh on
To put the last hand to
To put the screws on
To put to flight
To put to grass
To put to nurse
To put to one's trumps
To put to rout
To put to sea
To put to shame
To put to the blush
To put to the rack
To put to the sword
to put too fine a point on it
To put under the screw
To put up
To put up the spout
To put up to
To put up with
To quarter
To quit cost
To quit scores
To rack one's brains
To raise a blockade
To raise a check
To raise a siege
To raise Cain
To raise dust
To raise steam
To raise the horn
To raise the wind
To rake out
To rake up
To rap and ren
To rap and rend
To rape and ren
To rate a chronometer
To Rattle
To Rattle
To Rattle
To rattle off
To reach after
To Reach Urban Communities Everywhere
To Read and Understand Science Together and Independently
To read between the lines
To read one's self in
To reckon for
To reckon on
To reckon with
To record a deed
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