Queach

Queach
Queach \Queach\, v. i. [Cf. E. quich, v. i., quick, v. i.; or AS. cweccan to shake.] To stir; to move. See {Quick}, v. i. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

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  • Queach — Queach, n. [Cf. {Quick}.] A thick, bushy plot; a thicket. [Obs.] Chapman. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Queachy — Queach y, a. 1. Yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground; shaking; moving. The queachy fens. Godwin s queachy sands. Drayton. [1913 Webster] 2. Like a queach; thick; bushy. [Obs.] Cockeram. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • queechy — ˈkwēchi adjective Etymology: origin unknown dialect England : sickly, puny * * * queachˈy or queechˈy adjective 1. Forming a thicket 2. Boggy 3. Sickly …   Useful english dictionary

  • Quech — Quech, Queck Queck, v. i. [Cf. {Quick}, {Queach}.] A word occurring in a corrupt passage of Bacon s Essays, and probably meaning, to stir, to move. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Queck — Quech Quech, Queck Queck, v. i. [Cf. {Quick}, {Queach}.] A word occurring in a corrupt passage of Bacon s Essays, and probably meaning, to stir, to move. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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