quat

See also quāt, quạt, and quất

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

quat (plural quats)

1. (obsolete) A pustule.
2. (chemistry) A quaternary ammonium cation.
3. (obsolete) An annoying, worthless person.

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Verb

quat (third-person singular simple present quats, present participle quatting, simple past and past participle quatted)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To satiate.

   Ye hae grown proud since ye quatted the begging. — Scottish proverb, said satirically.

   • 1757, Samuel Foote, The Author, Act II, Scene ii, 1765, The Dramatic Works, Volume 1, page 28,

     Mrs. Cad. Well, come, begin and ſtart me, that I may come the ſooner to quatting——Huſh ! here′s Siſter ; what the deuce brought her !

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic, whence also Old English cwēad.

Noun

quāt m

1. mud
2. dirt