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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quat, p.p. Also: quatt, quet. [P.p. of Quite v. in senses of Quite adj.] a. Rid, quit (of something or someone troublesome). = Quite adj. 4. b. Cancelled, annulled. Cf. Quite adj. 2. c. Of a due payment: Discharged, cleared. = Quite adj. 2 d. d. Done or made away with. = Quite adj. 7 a. —a. 1570 Reg. Morton I 58.
For I wald fane be quet of the maister Forbes swit
1663 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. I 405.
Provyding he could be quatt of his wyfe
b. c 1691 Melville Corr. 239.
That one soe young as shee should have been soe concern'd to have ane unjust right quatt
c. a1598 Ferg. Prov. No. 126.
A Ȝule feast may be quat at Pasche
1616 Crim. Trials III 389.
Ȝit according till our auld Scottis proverb, Ane Ȝule feist may be quat at Pase, quhen perhapis they may imagin it be forgot
d. 1651 Dickson Matthew (1651) 54.
It were better that he should be mortified and quat

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