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As a measure of weight. One fourth of a hundredweight, either 28 lb (approx. 12.7 kg) or (in later use, esp. in the U.S.) 25 lb (approx. 11.3 kg)…
Any of various weights and measures equal to a quarter of another. A quarter of a chalder; a quarter of a hundredweight. Now historical.