quadrant1 (s.xivin)
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quadrant1 (s.xivin)

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[ gdw]

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

pl. quadrans  

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  190
( 1373 )  unsze livres quatorsze souldz cynk deniers et quadrant  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  ii 214.34
quadrant#2  quart#1  quartaine  quarte#1  quartel  quarter  quartet  quatrisme 
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