(a) quarter past

:  one of four equal parts into which something is divisible :  a fourth part

:  any of various units of capacity or weight equal to or derived from one fourth of some larger unit

:  any of various units of length or area equal to one fourth of some larger unit

:  to cut or divide into four equal or nearly equal parts

:  divide

:  to provide with lodging or shelter

:  consisting of or equal to a quarter

:  ago

:  just gone or elapsed

:  having existed or taken place in a period before the present :  bygone

:  beyond the age for or of

:  after

:  at the farther side of :  beyond

:  time gone by

:  something that happened or was done in the past

:  the past tense of a language

:  so as to reach and go beyond a point near at hand