Category:Quartern

Quar"tern, n.Etym: [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.