quart (kar), n.m., quarter, fourth; point (of the compass); quart (measure); (nav.) watch. Un — d’heure; a quarter of an hour. Médire du tiers et du —; to speak ill of everybody. — de cercle; quadrant. Officier de —; (nav.) officer of the watch. Faire son —; to do one’s watch. — de nuit; night-watch. Faire bon —; to keep a good lookout. Le premier —; the starboard-watch. Bon —! (nav.) all’s well! — de vent; point of the compass. Le — d’heure de Rabelais; the moment of payment; the crucial moment. Les trois —s du temps; generally, most frequently.
quart, -e, adj., fourth; (med.) quartan. Fièvre —e; quartan ague, quartan.
quartaine, adj.f., (pop.) quartan. Fièvre —; quartan ague.
quartan, n.m., (hunt.) fourth year (of wild boars).
quartanier, n.m., wild boar four years old.
quartation, n.f., (metal.) quartation.
quartaut, n.m., octave (cask).
quarte, n.f., (mus.) fourth; (fenc.) quarte; (piquet) quart; ☉half gallon.
quartenier, n.m., local police officer.
quarteron, n.m., -ne, n.f., quadroon, quateron.