tchetvertn.
A Russian measure of capacity, = .68 of an imperial quarter.
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1814 The Commercial Secretary—Il Segretario di Commercio (Leghorn) 290 Wheat. R 10 1f2 Stock expected to increase to nearly 15fm tschetwer, which embarasses the holders greatly.
1855 Englishwoman in Russia 184 The landowners in Russia..sent millions of tchetvas of corn out of the country, and left their own people in a state of absolute starvation.
1890 Daily News 5 Nov. 5/6 Of rye,..there were yielded 113 million tchetverts, the Russian quarter, as against 112, the average for the last five years.
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