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Þ þ (thorn)
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1.
quich
n.
3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Couch grass used as a medicinal herb; also, a leguminous plant, vetch; -- used in a comparison with sinew; (b) ?in place names [see Smith
PNElem.
1.122].
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quiken
n.(2)
4 quotations in 1 sense
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Couch grass used medicinally; also, a leguminous plant, vetch.
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