E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Quarter Waggoner.
A book of seacharts. Waggoner, or rather Baron von Waggonaer, is a folio volume of seacharts, pointing out the coasts, rocks, routes, etc. Dalrymple’s Charts are called The English Waggoner. “Quarter” is a corruption of quarto
