Thy horses shall be trapped, Their harness studded
all with gold and pearl. --Shak.
2. To set with detached ornaments or prominent objects; to
set thickly, as with studs.
The sloping sides and summits of our hills, and the
extensive plains that stretch before our view, are
studded with substantial, neat, and commodious
dwellings of freemen. --Bp. Hobart.
Seest not this same hawthorn stud? --Spenser.
2. (Arch.) An upright scanting, esp. one of the small
uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions,
and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.
3. A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for
ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss.
A belt of straw and ivy buds, With coral clasps and
amber studs. --Marlowe.
Crystal and myrrhine cups, embossed with gems And
studs of pearl. --Milton.
4. An ornamental button of various forms, worn in a shirt
front, collar, wristband, or the like, not sewed in place,
but inserted through a buttonhole or eyelet, and
transferable.
5. (Mach.)
(a) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from
something, and sometimes forming a journal.
(b) A stud bolt.
6. An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a
chain cable.
{Stud bolt}, a bolt with threads on both ends, to be screwed
permanently into a fixed part at one end and receive a nut
upon the other; -- called also {standing bolt}.
In the studs of Ireland, where care is taken, we see
horses bred of excellent shape, vigor, and size. --Sir
W. Temple.
He had the finest stud in England, and his delight was
to win plates from Tories. --Macaulay.
Note: When two coats of arms are united upon one escutcheon,
as in case of marriage, the first and fourth quarters
display one shield, the second and third the other. See
{Quarter}, v. t., 5.
(k) One of the four parts into which the horizon is
regarded as divided; a cardinal point; a direction'
principal division; a region; a territory.
Scouts each coast light-armed scour, Each
quarter, to descry the distant foe. --Milton.
(l) A division of a town, city, or county; a particular
district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris.
(m) (Arch.) A small upright timber post, used in
partitions; -- in the United States more commonly
called {stud}.
(n) (Naut.) The fourth part of the distance from one point
of the compass to another, being the fourth part of
11[deg] 15', that is, about 2[deg] 49'; -- called also
{quarter point}.