▪ I. † quadrine1 Obs. rare.
Also -in.
[a. obs. F. quadrin (It. quadrino), var. of quatrin quatrine.]
A small copper coin; a farthing.
| 1557 N.T. (Genev.) Mark xii. 42 And there came a certayne poore wydow, and she threw in two mytes which make a quadrin. 1579–80 North 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.
| 1628 Wither Brit. Rememb. v. 1050 In Sextile, or in Quadrine, or in Trine. |