quartern

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Shop-windows were stoned that night in south and east London; but twenty-four hours later the price of the quartern loaf was 1s. 3d., and a man offering 1s. 2d. would go empty away.

From The Message by Brock, H. M. (Henry Matthew)

As if all the speeches of all the fools in Staffordshire would lower the quartern loaf!

From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John

Out of this I had to pay ten pounds house-rent; at that time too every thing was dear; for a quartern of corn cost six pounds, and a quart of wine eight rapps.

From The Autobiography of Thomas Platter, a schoolmaster of the sixteenth century. by Platter, Thomas

Flour rose during this season to 60l. per ton, and the quartern loaf in Sydney was sold at 3s. 4d.

From Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. by Davidson, G. F.

The weight of a quartern loaf, before baking, should be four pounds fifteen ounces; after baking, four pounds six ounces, avoirdupois.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849