Definition of "quitter" in Anglais

noun

1. (now rare outside Jamaica) Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus.

2. (farriery) Alternative spelling of quittor (“fistulous wound at the top of a horse's foot”).

3. (obsolete) Scoria of tin.

verb

1. To suppurate; ooze with pus.

noun

1. One who quits, as:

2. (archaic) A leaver.

3. (obsolete) A deliverer.