4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quart  \Quart\,  n.  [F.  quart,  n.  masc.,  fr  L.  quartus  the 
  fourth  akin  to  quattuor  four  See  {Four},  and  cf  2d 
  {Carte},  {Quarto}.] 
  The  fourth  part  a  quarter;  hence  a  region  of  the  earth. 
  [Obs.] 
 
  Camber  did  possess  the  western  quart.  --Spenser. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quart  \Quart\,  n.  [F.  quarte,  n.  fem.,  fr  quart  fourth  See 
  {Quart}  a  quarter.] 
  1.  A  measure  of  capacity,  both  in  dry  and  in  liquid  measure; 
  the  fourth  part  of  a  gallon;  the  eighth  part  of  a  peck; 
  two  pints. 
 
  Note:  In  imperial  measure,  a  quart  is  forty  English  fluid 
  ounces;  in  wine  measure,  it  is  thirty-two  American 
  fluid  ounces.  The  United  States  dry  quart  contains 
  67.20  cubic  inches,  the  fluid  quart  57.75.  The  English 
  quart  contains  69.32  cubic  inches. 
 
  2.  A  vessel  or  measure  containing  a  quart. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quart  \Quart\,  n.  [See  {Quart}  a  quarter.] 
  In  cards,  four  successive  cards  of  the  same  suit.  Cf 
  {Tierce},  4.  --Hoyle. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  quart 
  n  1:  a  United  States  liquid  unit  equal  to  32  fluid  ounces;  four 
  quarts  equal  one  gallon 
  2:  a  British  imperial  capacity  measure  (liquid  or  dry)  equal  to 
  2  pints  or  1.136  liters 
  3:  a  United  States  dry  unit  equal  to  2  pints  or  67.2  cubic 
  inches  [syn:  {dry  quart}] 

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