Quartane

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    butane obsolete, uncountable
Adjective
  1. 1
    Obsolete spelling of quartan. alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete

    "This maketh ſufferance of torments, and (as ſome ſaie) foreſight of things to come, and preſerueth health, as being cold and drie: it maketh men ſubiect to leaneneſſe, and to the quartane ague."

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"This maketh ſufferance of torments, and (as ſome ſaie) foreſight of things to come, and preſerueth health, as being cold and drie: it maketh men ſubiect to leaneneſſe, and to the quartane ague."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin quartus (“fourth”) + -ane. Each molecule of butane has four carbon atoms.

Etymology 2

See quartan.

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