quat

A pustule.

An annoying, worthless person.

I have rubb'd this young quat almost to the sense, And he grows angry.

To satiate.

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 !

To relinquish, forsake, give up.

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

'Mang mis'ry's posts, whar I did sit, My tongue took sic a faltrin' fit, I thought the wee remains o' wit I had, was quat me

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.

This cows' courant so excited the tinners' curiosity that they went up the hill till they saw the two men wrestling, with the women looking on; then they quatted (stooped) down in a brake of furze to watch the play without being seen.

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."

There it is, sir—Im blythe to be quat of it; pitch it from ye furder than I can see.