quitter

Meanings

Noun

• Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus.
• A fistulous wound at the top of a horse's foot resulting from bruises, pricks, or neglected corns.
• Scoria of tin.
• One who quits.
• A deliverer.

Verb

• To suppurate; ooze with pus.

Origin

• From Anglo-Norman quiture, quyture et al., specialised use of quiture, from the participle stem of cuire, or from Latin coctura ("cooking").
• From quit + -er.