Thus, for example, in the line of Quarte, the direct thrust is parried by dropping the point under the adversary's blade and circling upwards, throwing off the attack in the opposite line (that of Tierce), and upon the direct thrust in the line of Tierce, by a similar action throwing off the attack in the opposite line (that of Quarte).

I saw her whaling away at her detractors.

The after gun is mounted aft.

He is an irrepressible flirt: a skirt chaser who claims to pursue three women at a time.