quar|tern

quar|tern
quar|tern «KWAWR tuhrn», noun.
1. British. a) a quarter; fourth part. b) one fourth of a pint; gill. c) one fourth of a peck or of a stone. d) a quarter of a pound.
2. = quartern loaf. (Cf.quartern loaf)
[Middle English quartron < Old French quarteron < quart fourth < Latin quartus]

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