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Quart

Quart, n.

noun

n. [Fr. quart, quarte, Pr. quart, quarta, Sp. cuarto, cuarta, Pg. & It. quarto, quarta, from Lat. quartus, quarta, the fourth, from quatuor, four.] 1. The fourth part; a quarter; — hence, a region of the earth. [Obs. and rare.] Camber did possess the western quart. Spenser.

  1. The fourth part of a gallon; two pints.
  2. A vessel containing the fourth of a gallon.

Quart, n.

noun

(kärt), n. Four successive cards of the same suit in the game of piquet. Hoyle.