quarte

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quarte - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Quarte \Quarte\, n. [F.]
     Same as 2d Carte.
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  Carte \Carte\ Quarte \Quarte\, n. [F. quarte, prop., a fourth.
     Cf. Quart.] (Fencing)
     A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the
     hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the
     adversary's right breast.
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