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Quitch

Quitch \Quitch\ (kw[i^]ch), n.

  1. (Bot.) Same as Quitch grass.

  2. Figuratively: A vice; a taint; an evil.

    To pick the vicious quitch Of blood and custom wholly out of him.
    --Tennyson.

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quitch

Etymology 1 alt. 1 (context transitive obsolete English) To shake (something); to stir, move. (8th-13th c.) 2 (context intransitive now UK regional English) To stir; to move. (from 13th c.) 3 (context intransitive English) To flinch; shrink. vb. 1 (context transitive obsolete English) To shake (something); to stir, move. (8th-13th c.) 2 (context intransitive now UK regional English) To stir; to move. (from 13th c.) 3 (context intransitive English) To flinch; shrink. Etymology 2

alt. A species of grass, often considered a weed. n. A species of grass, often considered a weed.

Usage examples of "quitch".

Eoghan bellowed as hundreds of wolves suddenly appeared from all directions, leaping out of secret places among the quitch, their eyes blazing with duchan-tainted fire.