quartpot

A pot or ve el holding a quart. *quart, *quarte, *qwart, *quert, a. & s. [Prob. from O. Fr. quer, cuer the heart; cf. Eng. hearty = in good heart.] A. As adj.: Safe, sound. "Hol and quert." -Lydgate: Minor Poems , p. 38. B. As subst.: Safety. "Ye sal haue hele and leve in quart ." Coventry Mysteries, p. 225. quar-tan, *quar-teyne, a . & s . [Fr. quartaine =quartan, from Lat. quartan a ( febris )=quartan (fever), from quartan us pertaining to the fourth; quart us =fourth.] A. As adj.: Designating the fourth; occurring or recurring every fourth day. B. As substantive: 1. Ord. Lang.: A measure containing the fourth part of some other measure. 2. Pathol.: A quartan ague.