| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| quittor |
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| SYLLABICATION: | quit·tor |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  kw t  r |
| NOUN: | An inflammation of the hoof cartilage of horses and other solid-hoofed animals, characterized by degeneration of hoof tissue, formation of a slough, and fistulous sores. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English quiture, perhaps from Old French, act of boiling, from Latin coct ra, boiling liquid, from coctus, past participle of coquere, to cook. See pekw- in Appendix I.
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