Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quartern"
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) 1.7 (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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