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(quartet) (s.xiii)
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(quartet) (s.xiii)

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  FEW:  quartus *2/ii,1423a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

The word quartet appears in English only from the early seventeenth century as a borrowing from Italian quartetto; cf. OED quartet n. With its -et suffix the word may be considered a spelling variant of quartée (attested in the DMF but not found in Anglo-Norman), but it may just as well be an error for quarter.

s.

volumeunitquarter of the measure of liquids (usually quarter of a gallon or two pints): 
( MS: s.xiii )  lagene: (C) quartez (var. (B: s.xiii) quartet (l. quarter?); (R: s.xiii) quartés (l. quartes?))  TLL i 229 (B)

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See also:

quartaine  quart1  quartel  quarte1  quartener  quartenur  quarter  quatre1  quatrisme  quattuor 
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