The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quickens
Quickens \Quick"ens\, n. (Bot.) Quitch grass.
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quickens
n. (context archaic English) A weed, quitch. vb. (en-third-person singular of: quicken)
Usage examples of "quickens".
I saw it with the unblinking eye of the Everliving One, whose touch quickens the insensate soul, who swallows death in life.
But whereas Blumfeld, whenever the boy crosses his path, usually quickens his step to spare himself the spectacle, today he almost feels like pausing for a moment.
He quickens his step and, despite the delay caused by the boy, he is the first to arrive in his office.
She quickens her step in spite of herself, in spite of knowing better, and sees, around the pole, the shape of a harlequin, dancing, pipes in hand.