rare. [a. F. quaterne set of four numbers, † quire (Godef.), ad. L. quaternus: see QUATERNION and QUIRE.]
† 1. Sc. A quire of paper. Obs.
1578. in Maitl. Cl. Misc. (1840), I. 12. Tuentie fyve countis and quaternis of the Q. and Q. regent.
2. A set of four numbers in a lottery.
1868. Browning, Ring & Bk., XII. 158. But that he forbid The Lottery, why, Twelve were Tern Quatern!
