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Definition of Quart

1. Noun. A United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon.

2. Noun. A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters.

3. Noun. A United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches.

Definition of Quart

1. n. The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.

2. n. 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.

3. n. In cards, four successive cards of the same suit. Cf. Tierce, 4.

Definition of Quart

1. Noun. 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. ¹

2. Noun. (cards) Four successive cards of the same suit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quart

1. a liquid measure of capacity [n -S]

Medical Definition of Quart

1. 1. A measure of fluid capacity; the fourth part of a gallon; the equivalent of 0.9468 liter. An imperial quart contains about 20% more than the ordinary quart, or 1.1359 liters. 2. A dry measure holding a little more than the fluid measure. Origin: L. Quartus, fourth (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quart

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Literary usage of Quart

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"One who brought a quart of liquor into the state for himself and a quart for each of two friends who requested him to do so for medicinal purposes did not ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"with But on my table shall never shine ; That malt mutt be drunk from aI hate all silly and vain expense, Being a man of plain common tense, Pewter quart. ..."

3. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1904)
"quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xxxvii quart. Journ. Geol. ... 17, 1882, "On the Analysis and Distribution of the British Jurassic Fossils " : quart. ..."

4. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"quart. 4 4. quart. — 2 Cell Stage 47 55 59 65 69 75 83 93 loi I. quart. ... quart. 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 Cell Stage 47 5- 58 60 6S 77 88 in i. quart. ..."

5. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1903)
"To the year 1660-1 belongs also a two-quart WILLIAM PITT'S SOUP TUREEN tankard, ... Other two-quart tankards of this century are those of the year 1680-1, ..."

6. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1809)
"Where in fuch cale time devolving to the metropolitan, иг the king, they (hull collate, albeit they be not named in the quart ..."

7. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"The word is due to the Lat. phr. in quarto, ie in a fourth part of the orig. size; where quarto is the abl. case of quartus, fourth ; see quart. ..."

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