Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A silver coin of the Spanish American States, equivalent to one fourth of a real.
- noun A Spanish liquid measure, one fourth of an azumbre: not to be confounded with the cuartilla.
- noun A dry measure of Spain, one fourth of a celamine, equal to 1.142 liters, or about one sixth of a Winchester peck.
- noun A Mexican and South American coin, the fourth part of a real, or about 3¼ cents.
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Examples
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"cuartillo," were dropped in, which would otherwise have been deposited that night in the _monte_ bank.
The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Mayne Reid 1850
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A cuartillo of wine at four reals, is sold at little or nothing.
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By cutting the branch where the cocoa-nut grows -- this nut is the principal fruit, and each one contains, as a rule, one cuartillo of the sweetest and most delicious water -- all that substance flows down into the trunk of the tree.
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Table: 4 ochavillos = 1 racion; 4 raciones = 1 cuartillo;
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[39] Of these measures of capacity, the first set are for liquid measure: 4 copas = 1 cuartillo; 4 cuartillos = 1 azumbre; 8 azumbres =
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