head quartering
1head sea — noun a sea in which the waves are running directly against the course of the ship • Hypernyms: ↑sea * * * noun : waves coming from directly ahead compare following sea, quartering sea * * * Naut. a formation of waves running in a direction… …
2quartering sea — noun : a sea striking a ship s quarter at an angle of about 45 degrees to its heading compare following sea, head sea …
3List of methods of capital punishment — Quartering This is a list of methods of capital punishment. Method Description Animals Crushing by elephant[1] Devouring by: A …
4Hanged, drawn and quartered — The execution of Hugh Despenser the Younger, as depicted in the Froissart of Louis of Gruuthuse To be hanged, drawn and quartered was from 1351 a penalty in England for men convicted of high treason, although the ritual was first recorded during… …
5List of Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament, 1820-1839 — This is an incomplete list of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the years 1820 1839. For acts passed prior to 1707 see List of Acts of Parliament of the English Parliament and List of Acts of Parliament of the Scottish… …
6United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
7Decapitation — Decapitated redirects here. For the Polish death metal band, see Decapitated (band). Part of a series on Capital punishment Issues …
8heraldry — heraldist, n. /her euhl dree/, n., pl. heraldries. 1. the science of armorial bearings. 2. the art of blazoning armorial bearings, of settling the rights of persons to bear arms or to use certain bearings, of tracing and recording genealogies, of …
9Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen — Infobox Former Country native name = Fürstentum Hohenzollern Sigmaringen conventional long name = Principality of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen common name = Hohenzollern Sigmaringen continent = Europe region = Swabia country = Germany era = Middle… …
10High treason in the United Kingdom — Under British law, high treason is the crime of disloyalty to the Sovereign amounting to an intention to undermine their authority or the actual attempt to do so. Offences constituting high treason include plotting the murder of the Sovereign;… …
