quart2 (kart)

[ If the elder hand has quart major and two other Aces, the odds are only 5 to 4 against his taking in either the Ten to his quart , or another Ace. The American Hoyle , p. 136. The a a in stab of time was parried by the quart and tierce of art. Smollett , tr. of Gil Blas, iv. 7. How subtle at tierce and quart of mind with mind! Tennyson, In Memoriam, W. G. Ward. IMG:content-1442.png:[blocks in formation] Sin' your true love was at your yates, It's but twa quarters past. He always is here as the clock's going five- Where is he?... Ah, it is chiming the quarter ! Againe alle our care hit is our quert. IMG:content-1443.png:[blocks in formation] With beaute and with bodyly quarte To serve the I toke noone heede. Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 174. Loue us helith, & makith in qwart , And liftith us up in-to heuene-riche. Hymns to Virgin , etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 23. quartan (kwâr'tan), a. and n. [Early mod. E. also quart a in; The quartan -fever, shrinking every limb, Sets me a-capering straight. Ford, Perkin Warbeck, iii. 2. The sins shall return periodically, like the revolutions of a quartan ague. Jer . Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 104. II. n . 1. An intermitting ague that occurs every fourth day, both days of consecutive occurrence being counted, as on Sunday, Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, etc. After you felt your selfe deliuered of your quartaine . Guevara , Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 13. The quarteyn is gendrid of myche haboundaunce of malencolye that is corrumpid withinne the body. Booke of Quinte E ence (ed. Furnivall), p. 20. 2. A measure containing the fourth part of some other measure.