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quiture

quiture

Old French

Noun

quiture f (oblique plural quitures, nominative singular quiture, nominative plural quitures)

  1. cooking
  2. cauterization
  3. quitter; pus; suppuration

Usage notes

  • The Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub originally listed the cooking/cauterization senses and the quitter senses as separate words, and says that "the association [] is not immediately apparent". See references below.

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