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first quarter [′fərst ′kwȯrd·ər]

(astronomy)

The phase of the moon when it is near east quadrature, when the western half of it is visible to an observer on the earth.

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No references found			Then the Lion took his stand in front of the carcass and pronounced judgment: The first quarter is for me in my capacity as King of Beasts; the second is mine as arbiter; another share comes to me for my part in the chase; and as for the fourth quarter, well, as for that, I should like to see which of you will dare to lay a paw upon it. Fables by Aesop View in context She and Nicolete exchanged many kisses which were hard to bear, and the first quarter of an hour of our journey was much obstructed by the farewells of her far-fluttering handkerchief. The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context The curses of the first quarter minute of the fight died away. Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Crane, Stephen View in context			first mile First Minister First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site First Model Press First Monday Trade Days first mortgage first motion First National Bank of Chicago first negative pedal First Night First Noel, The first normal form first offender first officer First Party DMA first pedal curve First Period Colonial architecture first pipe first point of Aries first point of Cancer first point of Capricorn first point of Libra First Pointed Gothic first positive pedal curve first quadrant first quarter first radiation constant First Secretary first selector First Serbian Uprising of 1804–13 first sound first species First State Heritage Park first story First Virtual First Volunteer Corps of 1611 first water first-class current first-day cover first-degree burn first-generation first-generation computer first-in first-out first-in, first-out first-item list first-level address first-level cache first-level controller first-level interrupt handler first-level packaging first-order			First Production Unit Inspection First Production Unit Qualification and Inspection Test First Production Vehicle Inspection First professional degree First Professionals Insurance Company First public library First Public Relations First Public Working Draft First Pulse-Induced Positive Phototropism First quadrant First quadrant First Quadrant Philippines Inc. First Quadrant Voucher First quadrants First quadrants First Quality Baby Products, LLC First Quality Carpet Cleaning First Quality Enterprises First Quality Hygienic, Inc First Quality Musical Supplies First Quality Nonwovens First Quality Products First Quality Tissue LLC First Quantum Correction First Quantum Minerals Ltd. First Quantum Minerals, Ltd first quarter First Quarter Storm First Quarter Storm Movement First quartile First quartile First quartile First quartile first radiation constant First rate First rate First Rate Property Management first reading first readings first receipts First Red Emperor First Red Emperor first refusal First Refusal Right First Regional Observing Study of the Troposphere First Registration Tax First Reich First Reich First Report of Injury First Report on the Public Credit First Repository States First Republic First Republic Mortgage Corporation First Republic Of Korea Army First Republic Preferred Capital Corporation First Residential Mortgage Network, Inc.

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