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Quadrant
An astronomical instrument for measuring angles with a quarter circle graduated arc. The seaman's quadrant, or simple quadrant, was the earliest instrument used by navigators for measuring the altitude of a heavenly body. Other instruments not strictly quadrants have also been called such. The backstaff may be called Davis Quadrant. The octant was originally called Hadley's quadrant.
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Quaker
A member of the Religious Society of Friends. The Quakers are a group of Christians who use no scripture and believe in great simplicity in daily life and in worship. Their services consist mainly of silent meditation.
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Quarterdeck
The term applied to the afterpart of the upper deck. Generally, term used to indicate the portion of the upper deck extending from the mainmast to the stern, as far aft as the poop if there is one.
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Queen Anne's War
1702-1713. Second of four French and Indian wars; this was the War of Spanish Succession in Europe. French and their Abenaki allies interrupted commerce on the Maine coast, attacked the fort at Casco, and at Winter Harbor on the Saco. The English did take the fort at Port Royal renaming it Annapolis Royal. At the war's end, the French turned over Newfoundland and Acadia, the south western part of Nova Scotia, to the British. Warfare on the Maine coast contined with Lovewell's War.
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Queue ku
A long braid of hair worn by Chinese men.
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