queachy

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

QUE'ACHY, adjective [from queach.] 1. Shaking; moving, yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground. The queachy fens. Godwin's queachy sands. [This word is still in use in New England, and if the word is from the root of quick, we recognize the application of it in quicksand.] 2. Thick; bushy. [Not in use.]
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