Quarta

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equal to 3.2–4.8 L in different 19th-century contexts. historical
  2. 2
    A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 115 g. historical

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portuguese quartquartquarterquarter-pound

Etymology

From Portuguese quarta, from Latin quartus (“fourth”), q.v., in reference to the units making up one-fourth of the alqueire (“Portuguese bushel”) or arrantel (“Portuguese pound”). Doublet of quart, quater, and cuaderon.

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