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quadrant1 (s.xivin)

The form quadrans is a cross reference to the following entry:

quadrant1 (s.xivin)


pl. quadrans  
  FEW:  quadrans 2/ii,1392a Gdf:  quadrant 1 6,476 GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF:  quadrant  TLF:  quadrant  OED:  quadrant n.1  MED:  quadrant n.1  DMLBS:  quadrans 2596a

s.

1curr.finan.quarter of a penny, farthing
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  De chescune pece ovré de arrem (l. arrein), latoun, ou de quyure (l. quyvre), seyt pris quadrans  Dom Gip 190
( 1373 )  unsze livres quatorsze souldz cynk deniers et quadrant  GAUNT1 ii 303
2weightunitquarter of a measure of weight (pennyweight, ounce, pound, etc.)
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  accipe semen caniculate [...] et da cotidie scrupulum (=unit of weight) .i. in cibo. Scrupulus peisit .iii. quadrantz  A-N Med ii 214.34

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See also:

quadrant2  quart1  quartaine  quarte1  quartel  quarter  quartet  quatrisme 
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