2. A vessel or measure containing a quart.
QUART
Quart, n. Etym: [See Quart a quarter.]
Defn: In cards, four successive cards of the same suit. Cf. Tierce, 4. Hoyle.
QUARTAN Quar"tan, a. Etym: [F. quartain, in fièvre quartaine, L. quartanus, fr. quartus the fourth. See Quart.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the fourth; occurring every fourth day, reckoning inclusively; as, a quartan ague, or fever.
QUARTAN
Quar"tan, n.
1. (Med.)
Defn: An intermittent fever which returns every fourth day, reckoning inclusively, that is, one in which the interval between paroxysms is two days.
2. A measure, the fourth part of some other measure.
QUARTANE
Quar"tane, n. Etym: [L. quartus the fourth.] (Chem.)