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, 927 (R.). One of her Paramours sent her a purse ful of quadrynes (which are litle peeces of copper money) in stead of siluer.
