quart

6 definitions found

quart - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Quart \Quart\, n. [See Quart a quarter.]
     In cards, four successive cards of the same suit. Cf.
     Tierce, 4. --Hoyle.
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  Quart \Quart\, n. [F. quart, n. masc., fr. L. quartus the
     fourth, akin to quattuor four. See Four, and cf. 2d
     Carte, Quarto.]
     The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.
     [Obs.]
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           Camber did possess the western quart.    --Spenser.
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  Quart \Quart\, n. [F. quarte, n. fem., fr. quart fourth. See
     Quart a quarter.]
     1. A measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure;
        the fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck;
        two pints.
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     Note: In imperial measure, a quart is forty English fluid
           ounces; in wine measure, it is thirty-two American
           fluid ounces. The United States dry quart contains
           67.20 cubic inches, the fluid quart 57.75. The English
           quart contains 69.32 cubic inches.
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     2. A vessel or measure containing a quart.
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quart - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  quart
      n 1: a United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four
           quarts equal one gallon
      2: a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to
         2 pints or 1.136 liters
      3: a United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic
         inches [syn: quart, dry quart]

quart - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  QUART, measures. A quart is a liquid measure containing one-fourth part of a 
  gallon. 
  
  

quart - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "quart":
     barrel, bushel, cord, cubic foot, cubic meter, cup, decaliter,
     decastere, deciliter, dkl, drop, dry pint, fifth, finger, gallon,
     gill, hogshead, jeroboam, jigger, kiloliter, magnum, milliliter,
     minim, peck, pint, pony, tablespoon, teaspoon, yard