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Quarterdeck   /kwˈɔrtərdˌɛk/  /kˈɔrtərdˌɛk/   Listen
Quarterdeck

noun
1.
The stern area of a ship's upper deck.






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"Quarterdeck" Quotes from Famous Books



... and we now have the "Griffins," another all-campus society; "Druids," senior literary; "Sphinx," junior literary; "Vulcans," senior engineering; "Triangle," junior engineering; "Archons," junior laws; "Galens," medical; "Alchemists," chemical students; "Craftsmen," Masonic students; "Quarterdeck," marine engineering; as well as several similar societies among the women, notably the "Senior Society" ...
— The University of Michigan • Wilfred Shaw

... of the hero's fist. The hero, with one foot planted on a coil of real rope and one arm supporting the half-inanimate form of his Susan, in deference to stage convention faced the audience, while with his other arm uplifted he invoked vengeance upon the oppressor, who scowled down from the quarterdeck rail. ...
— The Mayor of Troy • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... as her pure young voice arose above the screams of the departure whistle, she threw a double back-somersault on the quarterdeck, cleverly alighting on the spikes of the ...
— New Burlesques • Bret Harte

... brother's hand, 'I'll be a new man. I solemnly swear by that eternal milestone staring at me there that I'll never look at another woman with the thought of marrying her whilst that darling is free—no, not if she be a mermaiden of light! It's a lucky thing that I'm slipped in on the quarterdeck! it may help me ...
— The Trumpet-Major • Thomas Hardy

... but such as blows is favourable; and with infinite creaking all sail is set. The sound wakes up emigrant sorrow afresh; the wildly contagious Irish cry is raised, much to the discomposure of the captain, who stood on the quarterdeck with Robert Wynn. ...
— Cedar Creek - From the Shanty to the Settlement • Elizabeth Hely Walshe


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