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Quata vs Quat - What's the difference?

quata | quat |

As nouns the difference between quata and quat

is that quata is archaic form of lang=en while quat is a pustule.

As a verb quat is

to satiate.

quata

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • * 1833 , George Long, The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (volume 2, page 547)
    • Acosta, in his History of the West Indies, relates the following anecdote of a quata which belonged to the Governor of Carthagena
  • * 1837 , The New Monthly Magazine (page 366)
    • To be sure the Quatas will, when they meet with a learned traveller, or any other strange animal, descend to the lower branches of their trees, to examine the phenomenon
  • * 1876 , Charles Barrington Brown, Canoe and camp life in British Guiana
    • The quatas , or large black spider monkeys, spent a good deal of their time in trying to open them by beating them against the branches of trees, or on hard logs upon the ground

    quat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A pustule.
  • (chemistry) A quaternary ammonium cation.
  • (obsolete) An annoying, worthless person.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To satiate.
  • * 1757', , ''The Author'', Act II, Scene ii, '''1765 , ''The Dramatic Works , Volume 1, page 28,
    • Mrs. Cad. Well, come, begin and ?tart me, that I may come the ?ooner to quatting ——Hu?h ! here?s Si?ter ; what the deuce brought her !
    • Ye hae grown proud since ye quatted the begging. — Scottish proverb, said satirically.
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