quartern Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun one of four equal parts
    twenty-five percent; fourth part; one-quarter; one-fourth; fourth; quarter.
    • a quarter of a pound

WordNet

Quar"tern noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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.

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