, a measure of capacity, being the quarter or 4th part of some other measure. The English Quart is the 4th part of the gallon, and contains two pints. The Roman Quart, or quartarius, was the 4th part of their congius. The French, besides their Quart or pot of 2 pints, have various other Quarts, distinguished by the whole of which they are Quarters; as Quart de muid, and Quart de boisseau.
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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.
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