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Definition of Quartern
1. Noun. One of four equal parts. "A quarter of a pound"
Generic synonyms: Common Fraction, Simple Fraction
Derivative terms: Quarter, Quarter
Definition of Quartern
1. n. A quarter. Specifically:
Definition of Quartern
1. Noun. (archaic) A quarter part; one fourth. ¹
2. Noun. (archaic) A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quartern
1. one-fourth of something [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quartern
Literary usage of Quartern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"I. A dram-glass: they are made ' two-out ' ( = half- quartern), * three-ottt?
and € four- out* When a man wants to * treat ' a couple of friends he asks for ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"quartern I/)af 7d. 8d. fa. 6d. 'allow, per stone . 6s. Od. to 6s. Wheat. it, ...,31s.
Cd. a, ....30s. «d. rl, ....28s. Od. («l. New Potatoes (28 lb. ..."
3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1816)
"64 4£ ] S7 10 | 30 3$ | 23 10£ 36 0 Price of the quartern Loaf according to the
Assize of Bread in London, 1815. jd January 0 11$ February 0 11$ March 0 11 ..."
4. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1863)
"CONTENTS: PAGE I.—Note on Criminal Returns .... II.—Spanish Post Office Returns
453 PAGE III.—Coventry Freehold Land Society 455 IV.—The Price of a quartern ..."
5. Food and Its Adulterations: Comprising the Reports of the Analytical by Arthur Hill Hassall (1855)
"Half-quartern, one day old - Ditto „ Ditto Deficiency in a quartern and a half
7th Baker. Half-quartern, one day old - Ditto Ditto Deficiency in a quartern ..."
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