英语词汇“imperial quarter”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. A measure of capacity for grain, coal, etc., varying greatly according to locality and the commodity measured; spec. (a) (in Britain, more fully imperial quarter) eight bushels (approx. 291 litres); (b) nine bushels (approx. 327 litres; used esp. for coal); †(c) one fourth of a peck (approx. 2.27 litres; obsolete). Usually with of (the commodity measured). Abbreviated qr. Now rare (chiefly historical).Presumably originating as the fourth part of a chaldron (32 or 36 bushels) or similar measure (cf. quot. 1600).

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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > eight bushels or quarter

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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > peck > quarter of a peck

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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > thirty-two-forty bushels or chaldron > fourth part of a chaldron

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c1300 St. Nicholas (Laud) 130 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 244 Ane hondret quarters of þat corn.

c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 1424 A ston gret, þat weȝ seue quarters of whet.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 174 (MED) A quarter whete was at tuenty mark.

1434 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 101 (MED) I bequethe to Iohn Wodrof..v quarteres of coles.

c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 26 The ringis of golde..were..mesurid to the quantite of mesure of xij quarters.

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. vii^v Four London busshels [of beans] fullye, and that is halfe a quarter.

1600 T. Hylles Arte Vulgar Arithmeticke f. 66^v 8.Bushels..make 1. Quarter, 4 Quarters..1 Chalder, 5 Quarters..1 Way.

1623 Althorp MS in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) App. 48 For 3 coters of rye bought at Harleston.

1663 A. Cowley Ess. in Verse & Prose (1669) 129 In thy vast Barns Millions of Quarters store.

1763 Museum Rusticum (1764) 1 74 Wheat will one year sell for 5 l. a load (that is, five quarters).

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 222 The average price of the quarter of wheat in England seems not to have been estimated lower than four ounces of silver.

1803 J. Plymley Gen. View Agric. Shropshire xvii. 352 The quarter bushel is called a hoop, or peck; and the fourth of that is called a quarter.

1820 2nd Rep. Commissioners Weights & Meas. 29 in Parl. Papers VII. 473 Quarter... Devonshire: of Welsh coal or culm, 16 heaped bushels. Derbyshire: of lime at the wharfs, 8 level bushels: at the kilns, 8 heaped bushels. Yorkshire: of chopped bark, in some parts, 9 heaped bushels.

1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands App. B. 577 The English imperial quarter is equivalent to about two Guernsey quarters.

1886 Q. Rev. 162 387 Holding land on which he could sow three-quarters of an imperial quarter of corn and three imperial quarters of potatoes.

1901 Times 23 Dec. 13/5 The toll specified was: ‘For every quarter of coals landed within the harbour..3d.’... The plaintiffs claimed 3d. per quarter of 720 lb... Mr. Carver..said that the term ‘quarter’ in the schedule meant a quarter of a chaldron.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 503/2 The capacity of a malting is described by the number of quarters which are put through it every four days.

1926 R. H. Tawney Relig. & Rise Capitalism iii. 178 The pawnbroker who took a hundred quarters of wheat when he had lent ninety.

1986 J. Purkis Pref. to Wordsworth (BNC) (rev. ed.) 55 In 1795, after a severe winter and the failure of many crops,..the price of wheat in London was 108 shillings a quarter.

单词	imperial quarter
释义	> as lemmas imperial quarter a. A measure of capacity for grain, coal, etc., varying greatly according to locality and the commodity measured; spec. (a) (in Britain, more fully imperial quarter) eight bushels (approx. 291 litres); (b) nine bushels (approx. 327 litres; used esp. for coal); †(c) one fourth of a peck (approx. 2.27 litres; obsolete). Usually with of (the commodity measured). Abbreviated qr. Now rare (chiefly historical).Presumably originating as the fourth part of a chaldron (32 or 36 bushels) or similar measure (cf. quot. 1600). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > eight bushels or quarter quarterc1300 qr.1526 qtr.1571 quartern1583 raff1694 the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > peck > quarter of a peck quarterc1300 beakment1673 stimpart1786 forpit1793 the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > [noun] > dry measure > specific dry measure units > thirty-two-forty bushels or chaldron > fourth part of a chaldron quarterc1300 quartern1423 c1300 St. Nicholas (Laud) 130 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 244 Ane hondret quarters of þat corn. c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 1424 A ston gret, þat weȝ seue quarters of whet. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 174 (MED) A quarter whete was at tuenty mark. 1434 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 101 (MED) I bequethe to Iohn Wodrof..v quarteres of coles. c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 26 The ringis of golde..were..mesurid to the quantite of mesure of xij quarters. ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. vii^v Four London busshels [of beans] fullye, and that is halfe a quarter. 1600 T. Hylles Arte Vulgar Arithmeticke f. 66^v 8.Bushels..make 1. Quarter, 4 Quarters..1 Chalder, 5 Quarters..1 Way. 1623 Althorp MS in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) App. 48 For 3 coters of rye bought at Harleston. 1663 A. Cowley Ess. in Verse & Prose (1669) 129 In thy vast Barns Millions of Quarters store. 1763 Museum Rusticum (1764) 1 74 Wheat will one year sell for 5 l. a load (that is, five quarters). 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 222 The average price of the quarter of wheat in England seems not to have been estimated lower than four ounces of silver. View more context for this quotation 1803 J. Plymley Gen. View Agric. Shropshire xvii. 352 The quarter bushel is called a hoop, or peck; and the fourth of that is called a quarter. 1820 2nd Rep. Commissioners Weights & Meas. 29 in Parl. Papers VII. 473 Quarter... Devonshire: of Welsh coal or culm, 16 heaped bushels. Derbyshire: of lime at the wharfs, 8 level bushels: at the kilns, 8 heaped bushels. Yorkshire: of chopped bark, in some parts, 9 heaped bushels. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands App. B. 577 The English imperial quarter is equivalent to about two Guernsey quarters. 1886 Q. Rev. 162 387 Holding land on which he could sow three-quarters of an imperial quarter of corn and three imperial quarters of potatoes. 1901 Times 23 Dec. 13/5 The toll specified was: ‘For every quarter of coals landed within the harbour..3d.’... The plaintiffs claimed 3d. per quarter of 720 lb... Mr. Carver..said that the term ‘quarter’ in the schedule meant a quarter of a chaldron. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 503/2 The capacity of a malting is described by the number of quarters which are put through it every four days. 1926 R. H. Tawney Relig. & Rise Capitalism iii. 178 The pawnbroker who took a hundred quarters of wheat when he had lent ninety. 1986 J. Purkis Pref. to Wordsworth (BNC) (rev. ed.) 55 In 1795, after a severe winter and the failure of many crops,..the price of wheat in London was 108 shillings a quarter. extracted from quartern. < as lemmas
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