Associations to the word «Quartern»

Wiktionary

QUARTERN, noun. (archaic) A quarter part; one fourth.
QUARTERN, noun. (archaic) A loaf of bread weighing about four pounds.

Dictionary definition

QUARTERN, noun. One of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound".

Wise words

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