Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1759-1795
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‡QUARTEN, n. Also quartan. Sc. variants of Eng. quartern, a quarter of anything, in quot. a quarter-pint. Comb. quarten-loaf, a quartern-loaf, a four-pound loaf, one made from a quarter-pound of flour (s.Sc. 1967).Fif. 1759 E. Henderson Dunfermline (1879) 473:
The price of the quarten loaf was 10d in Dunfermline in the year 1759.Slg. 1795 G. Galloway Elegy W. Graham 10:
By Jove I'll treat you aff a quartan.
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