Sekirov Dictionary

quat

UK /kwɒt/US /kwɑt/

verb 3
noun 3
adjective 2
forms 4

verb3

•
(dialect, Scotland) To relinquish, forsake, give up.
- Ye hae grown proud since ye quatted the begging. — Scottish proverb, said satirically.
•
(dialect) To squat or crouch down.
- Tho' B-lt-n, quatted in the hall, Her jolly r-mpfs display'd, The size of it amaz'd them all, and Hector quite dismay'd. — 1700
•
(no longer used) To satiate.
- 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 ! — 1757

noun3

A quaternary ammonium cation or compound.
•
(no longer used) An annoying, worthless person.
- I have rubb'd this young quat almost to the sense, And he grows angry. — 1565
(no longer used) A pustule.

adjective2

Quaternary.
•
(dialect, Scotland) Free; no longer involved with; quit.
- My word, I gie him nae encouragement ! I canna bide the sicht o' him, and wad gie the best gown I hae to be quat o' him." — 1838

forms

quatted · quatting · quats · QUATs

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