quit|tor

quit|tor
quit|tor «KWIHT uhr», noun.
an ulcer on a horse's foot.
[earlier quittor-bone, apparently < Middle English quiture pus, a discharge from a sore < Old French cuiture (literally) cooking < Latin coctūra < coquere to cook]

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