subs. (old).—A dwarfish person: also (occasionally) a SHABSTER (q.v.).

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  1602.  SHAKESPEARE, Othello, v. 1.

          Iago.  I have rubb’d this young QUAT almost to the sense,
And he grows angry.

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  1609.  DEKKER, The Guls Horne-booke, vii. Whether he be a young QUAT of the first yeare’s revennew, or some austere and sullen-faced steward.

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  1613.  WEBSTER, The Devil’s Law-case, ii. 1.

          Ari.  O young QUAT, incontinence is plagued
In all creatures in the world!

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  Verb. (common).—To ease the bowels: also TO GO TO QUAT.

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