Obs. rare. Also 7 quatte. [f. QUAT v.1] The act or state of squatting.
1602. Narcissus (1893), 475. The doggs have putt the hare from quatte.
1612. Webster, White Devil, Wks. (Rtldg.), 31/2. A full cry for a quarter of an hour, And then … put to the dead quat.
