From en.wiktionary.org:
[quất]
** English
[Quat]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A pustule .
2. [en] An annoying, worthless person.
3. * [en]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To satiate .
2. * 1757 , 吴语: Samuel Foote , _The Author_ , Act II, Scene ii, 1765 , _The Dramatic Works_ , Volume 1, |%22quatting%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=_1FiCKSIY9&sig=jffofCMcFdSL9ZF_zuPAU_zrHXs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-NBJUNbVBsnImQX9noHoBw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22quatted%22 | %22quatting%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 28 (see http://books.google.com.au/books?id=uK0_AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA28&lpg=RA2-PA28&dq=%22quatted%22) ,
3. *: _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 !
4. [en] To relinquish , forsake , give up .
5. * [en]
6. * [en]
7. [en] To squat or crouch down.
8. * [en]
9. * [en]
10. * [en]
11. * [en]
**** Adjective
[-]
1. [en] Free ; no longer involved with; quit .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
*** Etymology 2
[en].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A quaternary ammonium cation or compound .
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=October 1, 2009 | author=Hilary Howard | title=New Ways to Moisturize for Less | work=w:The New York Times | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/fashion/01SKIN-4.html
|passage=“Because QUATS are positively charged, and skin proteins have a
slightly negative charge, QUATS like to attach themselves to skin,” said Greg
Nole, a manager at Unilever, the parent company of Vaseline and Dove.}}
**** Adjective
[-]
1. Quaternary .
*** Etymology 3
See [en].
**** Noun
[~]
1. [en] .
** Middle English
*** Adjective
[enm]
1. [enm]
** Old High German
*** Alternative forms
- [goh]
*** Etymology
From [goh].
*** Noun
[head=quāt]
1. mud
2. dirt
**** Descendants
- [gmh]
- [de]
- [cim]