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▪ I. † quadrine1 Obs. rare. Also -in. [a. obs. F. quadrin (It. quadrino), var. of quatrin quatrine.] A small copper coin; a farthing.
1557N.T. (Genev.) Mark xii. 42 And there came a certayne poore wydow, and she threw in two mytes which make a quadrin. 1579–80North Plutarch 722 (R.) One of her paramours sent her a purse full of quadrines (which are little pieces of copper money) instead of silver. ▪ II. † quadrine2 Obs. rare—1. [For quadran or quadrant, on anal. of trine.] Quartile aspect.
1628Wither Brit. Rememb. v. 1050 In Sextile, or in Quadrine, or in Trine. |