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quart

Syllabification: (quart)
Pronunciation: /kwôrt/

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Definition of quart

noun

  • 1a unit of liquid capacity equal to a quarter of a gallon or two pints, equivalent in the US to approximately 0.94 liter and in Britain to approximately 1.13 liters.
  • a unit of dry capacity equivalent to approximately 1.10 liters.
  • 2 (also quarte) Fencing the fourth of eight standard parrying positions.
    [French]
  • 3(in piquet) a sequence of four cards of the same suit.

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French quarte, from Latin quarta (pars) 'fourth (part)', from quartus 'fourth', from quattuor 'four'

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