Quart

·noun A vessel or measure containing a quart.

II. Quart ·noun The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth.

III. Quart ·noun In cards, four successive cards of the same suit. ·cf. Tierce, 4.

IV. Quart ·noun A measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure; the fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck; two pints.

quart-pot
n. a tin vessel originally importedas a measure, and containing an exact imperial quart. It had nol...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
quart-pot tea
n. Explained in quotations.Cf. billy-tea. 1878. Mrs. H. Jones, `Long Years in Australia,' p. 87: ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
gutting a quart pot
Taking out the lining of it: i. e. drinking it off. Gutting an oyster; eating it. Gutting a house; c...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose