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ˈquatrin Now rare.
Also 5 katereyn, 6 -in, -yn, 6–7 quatrine.
[a. OF. quatrin, quadrin (Godef.), or It. quattrino, f. quattro four.]
A small piece of money; a farthing. Cf. quadrine1.
c1400Apol. Loll. 12 Þou schalt ȝeue me foure floreynis... And he ansuerid, Soþli, I haue but foure katereynis. 1547Boorde Introd. Knowl. xxiii. (1870) 179 (Italy) In bras they haue kateryns, and byokes, and denares. 1582Munday Eng. Rom. Life in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 202 Supping so well as I coulde, with two quatrines woorth of leekes. 1617Moryson Itin. i. 92 From hence [Bologna] we hired a boat for foure bolinei and foure quatrines. 1888Pall Mall G. 17 Nov. 2/2 Does it refer to the Pope who had not a quatrin, or to St. Martin? |