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quartern |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.). 2. A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds; -- called also {quartern loaf}. --Simmonds. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: quartern n : one of four equal parts "a quarter of a pound" [syn: {one-fourth}, {fourth}, {quarter}, {fourth part}, {twenty-five percent}]
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