(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:24:40

Quad"rans (?), n.; pl. Quadrantes (#). [L.]

1. Rom. Antiq.

A fourth part of the coin called an as. See 3d As, 2.

2.

The fourth of a penny; a farthing. See Cur.

 

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