quatted
quatted is the simple past and past participle of quat.
Meaning of quat
Verb
quat (third-person singular simple present quats, present participle quatting, simple past and past participle quatted)
- 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, Samuel Foote, The Author, Act II, Scene ii, 1765, The Dramatic Works, Volume 1, page 28
- To relinquish, forsake, give up.
- Ye hae grown proud since ye quatted the begging. — Scottish proverb, said satirically.
- 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, Ta Paidia Tēs Kythereias; Or, King's Place In An Uproar, page 10
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