Quitter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkwɪ.tə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Quitter is a noun meaning (now rare outside Jamaica) Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus.
Meaning
(now rare outside Jamaica) Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus.
More Meanings
- (farriery) Alternative spelling of quittor (“fistulous wound at the top of a horse's foot”).
- To suppurate; ooze with pus.
- One who quits, as:
- (obsolete) Scoria of tin.
- (archaic) A leaver.
- (obsolete) A deliverer.
Example Sentences
Therfor Sathan [...] smoot Joob with a ful wickid botche fro the sole of the foot til to his top; which Joob schauyde the quytere with a schelle, and sat in the dunghil.
Word Forms
- quittor
- quitture
- quitters
- quittering
- quittered
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