Orders of Knaues=, otherwyse called =a Quartern of Knaues=.
With this fearful prophecy the Gipsies took to their heels; and Jack, with an oath at their impudent mummery, shied half a half-quartern loaf at their retreating heads.
If it is of the first Sort, the quantity of half a Quartern Loaf of fine Bread, may boil an Hour, and the latter Sort may boil an Hour and a half.
No, sir, there’s only a quartern of gin in it that mother was going to drink, but she went out in a hurry.
I must just put this safe by, and then I'll go and wet my lips with a quartern o' mountain dew.
Quartern o' rum," replied Mr. Higgins, suddenly descending from the heights of Parnassus.
Another hour's steady work, and the last bill was pasted on the walls and the last quartern of rum disposed of.
With the shilling now produced another quartern of gin was fetched, and the old lady imbibed a further quantity, and got considerably worse, and was soon reduced to a state of beastly, hopeless, and helpless intoxication.
Pint of porter, with half-a-quartern of gin in it.
It is difficult to understand the price of the quartern loaf, 1s.
The average price of wheat, per quarter, was six pounds four shillings and eight-pence, and of the quartern loaf, one and sixpence.
The prospect was most gloomy: the poor were greatly distressed for want of employment: provisions were dear, the quartern loaf averaged about thirteen pence, and there was a general depression of trade.
The average price of wheat, during the year, was sixty-four shillings and fourpence a quarter, about eight shillings a bushel; the quartern loaf was sevenpence.
Meanwhile take a quartern of the finest flour, and rub in about an ounce of butter.
She was speedily recalled: "Betty, make it half a quartern loaf, and a quarternof gin.
The quartern loaf, of course, varied in like proportion—January 1s.
Well, say the best is a penny a quartern more--and the wife seems so satisfied because she thinks she is saving.
Comes into my shop a-beggin', and because I would not give him anythin' he whips up a quartern loaf and bolts with it, but I ran after him and ketched him.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "quartern" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: farthing; fourth; quarter; quarto
