quart -
n. 1 a liquid measure equal to a
quarter of a gallon;
two pints.
2 a vessel containing this amount.
3 US a unit of dry measure,
equivalent to one-thirty-second of a bushel (1.1 litre).
4 (also
quarte) the fourth of eight parrying positions in fencing.
a quart into a pint pot 1 a large amount etc. fitted into a small space.
2 something difficult or impossible to achieve. [ME f. OF quarte f. L quarta fem. of quartus fourth f. quattuor four]
