queachy

queachy
\\-chē, -chi\ adjective
Etymology: obs English, forming a dense growth, from queach + -y
dialect chiefly England : boggy, marshy

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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

  • queachy — adjective Yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground; shaking; moving. The queachy fens …   Wiktionary

  • queachy — a. Shaking, yielding, trembling, moving …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • quaggy — a. Boggy, marshy, swampy, queachy …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • sloughy — a. 1. Miry, boggy, queachy, marshy. 2. Foul, mortified, suppurated …   New dictionary of synonyms

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