Sekirov Dictionary

quart

UK /kwɔːt/US /kwɔɹt/

noun 5
adjective 3
adverb 1
verb 1
forms 5

noun5

A unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
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The fourth defensive position; quarte.
- [W]e behold two men with lion-look, with alert attitude, side foremost, right foot advanced; flourishing and thrusting, stoccado and passado, in tierce and quart; intent to skewer one another. — 1837
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Four successive cards of the same suit.
- A tierce major is good against any other tierce; a quart minor is good against a tierce major. — 1908
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(no longer used) A fourth; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.
- Camber did possesse the Westerne quart. — 1590
(no longer used) Safety, soundness; health.

adjective3

(dialect) Contentious or quarrelsome.
(dialect) Transverse.
(dialect, no longer used) Safe, sound; healthy.

adverb1

(dialect) Crosswise; across.

verb1

(dialect) To thwart.

forms

quarted · quarting · quarts · more quart · most quart

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