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Meanings of quartern in English

Catalan
quart
Spanish
cuarto

One of four equal parts.

quart
Usage of quartern in English
1
For breakfast I had coffee and a due proportion of quartern loaf.
Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool Makers
2
And I find that a quartern loaf of wheaten bread, weighing 4lb.
Essays; Political, Economical, and Philosophical — Volume 1
3
Drink-well, suppose a gentleman does take his quartern, is it a crime?
No Defense, Complete
4
The average price of the quartern loaf had been ten-pence three-farthings through the year.
Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2
5
Hot rolls may say: "Fuimus panes, fuit quartern-loaf, et ingens gloria Apple-pasty-orum."
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 / Letters 1821-184...
6
Say, six quartern loaves a week, one shilling sixpence?
Burning up
7
BREAD Except quartern-loaves made of fine white flour!
The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Six Acts
8
One quartern best white, one half-quartern brown every morning, French rolls occasional; but it's all up now.
The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers
9
Also left there, with a quartern loaf.
Mysteries of Paris — Volume 03
10
Wheat was at a hundred and ten shillings a quarter, and the quartern loaf at one and ninepence.
Rodney Stone
11
A quartern loaf weighed four pounds.
Burning up
12
Give us a quartern o' gin.
The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
13
Bread had sold at a moderate rate all the year; the average price being eightpence halfpenny the quartern loaf.
Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 1
14
The bread and cheese amounts to 540 quartern loaves and 470 pounds of cheese.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
15
In less than three minutes she returned, bringing a "quartern" loaf and a large piece of cheese.
A Tale of a Lonely Parish
16
This way.' He rolled into a gin-shop, and called for 'a quartern and two outs,' tendering Paul's coin in payment.
Despair's Last Journey
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Translations for quartern
Spanish
cuarto
Quartern through the time