quat.

abbreviation for

1. (in prescriptions) four.

Word History and Origins

Origin of quat.¹

From the Latin word quattuor

Example Sentences

He is now a little hairy man of gnarled appearance, and his skin of a colour and texture like a ripe lo-quat.

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Quat oget nu at for-bode o wold, GE 324, what now was the import of that prohibition; And vndernam him at it agte awold, id.

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A quat in the midland counties is a pimple, which by rubbing is made to smart, or is rubbed to sense.

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Roderigo is called a quat by the same mode of speech, as a low fellow is now termed in lay language a scab.

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The words are often associated, as And quat for luue and quat for age, GE 3632.

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Related Words

• bend
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