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Quart   /kwɔrt/   Listen
Quart

noun
1.
A United States liquid unit equal to 32 fluid ounces; four quarts equal one gallon.
2.
A British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 pints or 1.136 liters.
3.
A United States dry unit equal to 2 pints or 67.2 cubic inches.  Synonym: dry quart.



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"Quart" Quotes from Famous Books



... earn it? I heard Mr. Hardman tell the butcher that he needed someone to help pick his late strawberries, and he'll pay five cents a quart. We've often picked strawberries, and it isn't very hard work—just hot and mon-mon—I can't think of ...
— At the Little Brown House • Ruth Alberta Brown
... with a wave of a forefinger like a prohibitionist warning someone not to touch that quart, "One must never form an opinion on such short notice. Remember, all ideas are not to be rejected just because they do not happen to agree ...
— Highways in Hiding • George Oliver Smith
... his candle on the kitchen table and made a bee-line for the pantry door, from where he subsequently emerged with two pounds of cold beef on a plate and about a quart of beer in a jug; and I came away, leaving ...
— Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green • Jerome K. Jerome
... clumsy. Before he had succeeded he was dripping with perspiration, limp with weariness and ready to faint. But succeed he did. The quart or more of apple-wood chips burst into flame at last; Causidiena, standing ready with the prescribed copper sieve, caught the blazing chips as they were tilted off the plank, conveyed them to the Altar, placed ...
— The Unwilling Vestal • Edward Lucas White
... and send at once to the table. The whites will be coagulated, but should be soft and creamy, while the yolks will be perfectly cooked. If you should add six eggs to this volume of water, lengthen the time of standing. A single egg, dropped into a quart of water, must stand ...
— Many Ways for Cooking Eggs • Mrs. S.T. Rorer


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