quartern
[noun]
Synonyms: quarter, fourth

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quartern noun. ['kwɔ:t(ǝ)n] ME.
[Anglo-Norman quartrun, Old French quart(e)ron, from quart(e fourth (see QUART noun¹) or quartier QUARTER noun.]
1. A quarter of something. (Foll. by of.) obsolete exc. dial. ME.

2. spec. A quarter of any of various weights and measures, now only of a pint. arch. LME.
b. In full quartern loaf. A four-pound loaf. arch. M18.

3. A quarter of a hundred, twenty-five. L15-M17.

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