quinterna

1 quinterna [cf. CL quintus, LL quaternio, ML quaterna] , quire that contains five sheets. 1538 ut patet per quandam quinternam desuper editam et ostensam ac particulariter examinatam super compotum Rent. S. Andr. 13; 1539 libros, codicillos, ~as, et cartulas Form. S. Andr. II 106.

2 quinterna, ~o [ME giterne, OF guiterne < CL cithara < κιθάρα] , guitar-like instrument, gittern (in quot., in gl., assoc. w. CL quintus to indicate that the instrument had five strings). †gycern [MS: gyterne], samba, -e, fem. prime, †citella [MS citolla], -e, fem. prime, quinterna, -e, fem. prime PP; ~o, A. a gytterne WW.