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Define Empty Quarter. Empty Quarter synonyms, Empty Quarter pronunciation, Empty Quarter translation, English dictionary definition of Empty Quarter. n another name for Rub' al Khali n. a desert in S Arabia, N of Hadhramaut and extending from Yemen to Oman. ab. 300,000 sq. mi. .
Meaning empty space (in a document, etc.) is from c.1570. Meaning losing lottery ticket (1560s) is behind the expression draw a blank. The word has been for decorum's sake, substituted for a word of execration [OED] from 1854. From 1896 as short for blank cartridge (itself from 1826).