quartern
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quar·tern
(kwôr'tərn) 
n.
n.
- One fourth of something, especially of some weights and measures.
- Chiefly British. A loaf of bread weighing about 4 pounds (1.81 kilograms).
[Middle English quartron, from Old French quarteron, from quartier, quarter. See quarter.]
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- Foreign and Historical Measures - quartern: one-fourth part of certain weights and measures (Britain)
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