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Quartern   Listen
noun
Quartern  n.  
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.





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"Quartern" Quotes from Famous Books



... Procure a quartern of dough from the baker's, knead this with four ounces of butter, dripping, or chopped suet; divide it into twelve equal parts, and use each piece of paste to enfold a beef sausage in it; place these rolls on a baking-tin, and bake them ...
— A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes • Charles Elme Francatelli
... of the first Sort, the quantity of half a Quartern Loaf of fine Bread, may boil an Hour, and the latter Sort may boil an Hour ...
— The Country Housewife and Lady's Director - In the Management of a House, and the Delights and Profits of a Farm • Richard Bradley


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