quartern : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: quartern	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for quartern
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quartern n one of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound" [syn: {one- fourth}, fourth, one-quarter, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, 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.