quitch
[ kwich ]
noun
Origin of quitch
1before 900; late Middle English quich,Old English cwice; cognate with Dutch kweek,Norwegian kvike; akin to quick (adj.)
- Also quitch grass [kwich-gras] /ˈkwɪtʃ ˌgræs/ .
Words Nearby quitch
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How to use quitch in a sentence
quitch-grass or wiregrass, Burmuda grass, white potato and artichoke are examples of underground stems.
The First Book of Farming | Charles L. GoodrichWell, he would go on: probably the well-remembered name of Kla-quitch would make it all right.
The Penance of Magdalena and Other Tales of the California Missions | J. Smeaton ChaseWhat was Kla-quitch, with his painted sticks and bones, compared with him, if only he were the possessor of this marvel!
The Penance of Magdalena and Other Tales of the California Missions | J. Smeaton ChaseAll the things his father, old Kla-quitch, the medicine-man, used to do were nothing to this.
The Penance of Magdalena and Other Tales of the California Missions | J. Smeaton ChaseThat odious play-acting business was at an end—at least, so far as Judith, who was the vicious quitch in it, was concerned.
It Never Can Happen Again | William De Morgan
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