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▪ I. ‖ kat|kat|
Also khat, qat, quatt.
[Arab. qat.]
A shrub, Catha edulis, family Celastraceæ, a native of Arabia, where it is extensively cultivated for its leaves, which have properties similar to those of tea and coffee; the narcotic drug obtained from the leaves of this plant. Also attrib.
1858Penny Cycl. 2nd Suppl. 107/1 C[atha] edulis is the Kat or Khât of the Arabs. 1866Treas. Bot. 239 The use of Kât in Arabia is said..to have preceded that of coffee. 1932E. Waugh Black Mischief iv. 119 Mahmud el Khali bin Sai'ud..sat among his kinsmen, moodily browsing over his lapful of khat. 1958Times 16 May 7/2 Lifting the ban on the importation into Aden Colony of qat, the narcotic leaf, was recommended by the qat commission of enquiry. 1960A. Waugh Foxglove Saga vi. 107 The standard British Pig, the very mention of whose name was said to make distant sheikhs and rebellious tribesmen in savage areas of the Empire drop their weapons and chew khat with a renewed vigour. 1963Times 12 Mar. 12/7 Qat-chewing is not designed for the promotion of conversation. 1966‘S. Harvester’ Treacherous Road xi. 104 Ledgers and records..gave details of his exports of coffee, qat, fruit. 1968Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 17 Dec. 5/2 A new product..is chewing gum containing..‘Quatt’, a mild narcotic produced from the tender leaves of a tea-like bush growing in profusion throughout the Middle East. 1969Verdcourt & Trump Common Poisonous Plants E. Afr. 98 Khat is a narcotic drug well-known to Arabs and Somalis. Ibid., If khat-eating is accepted as less harmful than some have supposed, then a very profitable native local industry could be properly controlled. 1971[see gobstopper s.v. gob n.2]. 1978Guardian Weekly 17 Sept. 9/1 Normally, the day's qat session begins in the afternoon but during Ramadan it is chewed through most of the night.
▪ II. kat
see kete v. |