quitter

Meanings

1. Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus.
2. Alternative spelling of quittor (“fistulous wound at the top of a horse's foot”).
3. Scoria of tin.

1. To suppurate; ooze with pus.

1. One who quits, as:
2. One who gives in.
3. One who succeeds in desisting from a vice, especially smoking, drinking, or drugging.
4. A leaver.
5. A deliverer.

Etymology

From Middle English quitter, from Anglo-Norman quiture, quyture et al., specialised use of quiture (“burn mark, burning”), from the participle stem of cuire (“to cook”), or from Latin coctura (“cooking”).

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