quartero

quartero, ~onus, quartro, ~ona, ~onus, quatro, ~onus [cf. ME quarteroun, quartroun, quateron, quatron] 1 a fourth part, quarter (usu of or as dry measure): a quarter of a hundredweight (= 25 lbs.). b (quarter of a pound, of dried fruit or sim., perh. quarter of couple of frails). c (of wool, perh. quarter of a sack). d (of silk, perh. quarter of an ounce). a 1224 nocte venire faciatis ad nos usque Bedeford’ ‥ duos ~rones boni ferri Cl 638a; 1233 de vj li. xiiij s. vij d. de xv ponderibus dimidio et ij ~eronis casei venditis Crawley 207; 1297 precariam caseus ‥ in expensis in autumpno ad magnam qui fecerunt j ~ronum Ac. Cornw 26; 1303 quod quilibet possit habere stateram unius ~eroni et infra EEC 262; 1303 in ‥ j ~erone cere Fabr. Exon. 25; in di. c et quatrone ferri operant’ Ib. 26; 1340 injunctum est ei quod offerat dicto altari in ecclesia Roffensi j ~rona cere Reg. Roff. f. 181 p. 617; 1435 quedam gargonella nuncupata colubrina, portans quinque ~erones plumbi, ferrata et infustata Collect. W. Worc. 574.  b 1286 eidem pro ij libris et j ~rono de cotoune xviij d. Rec. Wardr. 350 p. 36; 1307 pro ij copulis j ~erono et dimidio ~erono ficuum et racemorum pro vj s. viij d. ob. quad. sterlingorum, viz. cujuslibet copule ij s. x d. EEC 352; 1307 pro iiij copulis iij ~eronis ficuum et racemorum Ib. 358; 1309 in j ~rone de sukre v d. Rec. Leic. I 264; 1314 in vjm dcciij ~ronis et vij libris amigdalarum (DL MinAc) EHR XLII 198; 1335 in ccj ~ronibus vij libris de rys emptis ‥ Comp. Swith. 234; in dcccc dim. j ~ronibus et xiij libris amigdalorum ‥ unde cc dim. j ~rones empti de B. Lombardo Ib.; 1392 pro j ~rono de clows ‥ di. lb. piperis Ac. H. Derby 182.  c c1291 unum saccum et unum ~ronem lane Chanc. Cert. Stat. 15/144; 1342 assignavimus ‥ Willelmo quaterviginti et quinque saccus et tres quatronos lane (Pat) Foed. V 326.  d 1285 pro x unciis et dimidia uncia et dimidio ~erono serici ‥ pro ij unciis et j ~erono serici (KRAc) Arch. LXX 28. 2 (as measure of land): a (perh. quarter of a virgate); b (of an acre). a 1279 tenet ad firmam iij virgatas terre et iij ~erones cum prato tante terre pertinente Hund. II 771b; 1318 cum Hugo ‥ habuit unam ~ronam commune in feodo, ex feoffamento Nicholai ‥ in communa de Surbeton FormA 360; 1314 unum mesuagium in villa de D. ‥ et unam ~ronam terre arabilis in campis ejusdem AncD A 8249; 1322 item in ix ~ronibus subbosci et mortui bosci in la Morbay fac[iendis] ad vend[endum] MinAc 965/5; 1446 sex acris et tribus rodis terre una dimidia halfyerdpert et una ~rona prati in quinque parcellis Cl 296 m. 13d.; 1468 de et in duobus mesuagiis una virgata et tribus ~ronis terre cum pertinenciis Cl 320 m. 17d..  b 1298 de ‥ ~rono unius acre MinAc 811/1 m. 1d.. 3 quarter of a linear measure. c1295 continet ‥ tres ~erones unius ulne AncD A 1943; 1310 in uno ~rone bord empto ad emendanda solaria Comp. Swith. 390. 4 (naut, ~ronus or ~roni magister) subordinate officer of a ship. 1441 quatroni ‥ balingeri vocati le Fflour unde Henry Ffendernecs fuit possessor et vitellarius quatle poulis Pat 450 m. 33d.; 1444 Nicholaus Frychowe, capitaneus duarum balingarum de Falemouth ‥ ac possessor et vitellarius trium parcium predictarum balingarum, unde Giernek Dutychman fuit magister unius ‥ et vitellarius tercie partis ejusdem balingere, et quod Hermanus Dawman, Petrus Dutychman, Michael Dutychman et Beerun Bassabas fuerunt ~roni magistri alterius balingere ‥ unde Henricus Fendernes fuit possessor et vitellarius ~e partis ejusdem Pat 458 m. 17d.. 5 district, area, quarter (of borough, town, or sim). 1275 de ~rona orientali Rec. Leic. I 148; 1354 ~rona borialis ~rona fori porcorum Ib. II 95.