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quariar

quariar is the alternative spelling of quarion.

Meaning of quarion

Noun

quarion (plural quarions)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A square lump of wax (with a wick in the center), to be burned like a candle.
    • "The Percy household allowance of Wax was cciiij score vij lb. dimid. (287.5 pounds of wax) of Wax for th' expensys of my House for oone hole Tere (one whole year). Viz. Sysez, Fryhetts, Quarions, and Torches [types or forms of candles] after ix d. the lb. by estimacion [estimated cost was nine...1512, Furnivall, Frederick James, Early English meals and manners: John Russell's Boke of nurture, Wynkyn de Worde's Boke of keruynge, The boke of curtasye, R. Weste's Booke of demeanor, Seager's...

Forms of quariar

pluralquariars

Questions about quariar

What is quariar the alternative spelling of?
Quariar is the alternative spelling of quarion.

Words near quariar in the dictionary

  1. quaresimal
  2. quarest
  3. quarfloxin
  4. quarg
  5. quargs
  6. quariar
  7. quarion
  8. quarions
  9. quark
  10. quark matter
  11. quark model

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