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quartern
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Quartern
(gcide) | Quartern \Quar"tern\, n. [OE. quarteroun, quartron, F.
quarteron, the fourth part of a pound, or of a hundred; cf.
L. quartarius a fourth part, quarter of any measure,
quartern, gill. See Quarter, and cf. Quarteron,
Quadroon.]
1. A quarter. Specifically:
(a) The fourth part of a pint; a gill.
(b) The fourth part of a peck, or of a stone (14 ibs.).
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2. A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds; -- called also
quartern loaf. --Simmonds.
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quartern
(wn) | quartern
n 1: one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound" [syn: {one-
fourth}, fourth, one-quarter, quarter, fourth part,
twenty-five percent, quartern] |
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Quartern
(gcide) | Quartern \Quar"tern\, n. [OE. quarteroun, quartron, F.
quarteron, the fourth part of a pound, or of a hundred; cf.
L. quartarius a fourth part, quarter of any measure,
quartern, gill. See Quarter, and cf. Quarteron,
Quadroon.]
1. A quarter. Specifically:
(a) The fourth part of a pint; a gill.
(b) The fourth part of a peck, or of a stone (14 ibs.).
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2. A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds; -- called also
quartern loaf. --Simmonds.
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quartern loaf
(gcide) | Quartern \Quar"tern\, n. [OE. quarteroun, quartron, F.
quarteron, the fourth part of a pound, or of a hundred; cf.
L. quartarius a fourth part, quarter of any measure,
quartern, gill. See Quarter, and cf. Quarteron,
Quadroon.]
1. A quarter. Specifically:
(a) The fourth part of a pint; a gill.
(b) The fourth part of a peck, or of a stone (14 ibs.).
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2. A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds; -- called also
quartern loaf. --Simmonds.
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