Quarter-saw \Quar"ter-saw`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quarter-sawed}
{-sawn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quarter-sawing}.]
To saw (a log) into quarters; specif., to saw into quarters
and then into boards, as by cutting alternately from each
face of a quarter, to secure lumber that will warp relatively
little or show the grain advantageously.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]