I knew two that were competitors for the secretary's place, […] and yet kept good quarter between themselves.

to cant a cask; to cant a ship

Hunters stalk their targets, make detailed plans, acquire and practice with weapons, and try to hurt or kill people. Howlers make bomb threats to schools, malls, churches, businesses, and government offices.

The hallophitic communities are divided into those that are psammaphilous, pelophilous, and helophilous, according as the substratum consists respectively of sand, of mud, or of swamp.