QUART

noun a vessel or measure containing a quart.

2. quart ·noun the fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.

3. quart ·noun in cards, four successive cards of the same suit. ·cf. tierce, 4.

4. quart ·noun a measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure; the fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck; two pints.