QUEACHY

Etymology

Adjective

queachy (comparative more queachy, superlative most queachy)

Yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground; shaking; moving.

(obsolete) Like a queach or thicket; thick, bushy.

Synonyms

• (yielding or trembling under the feet): poachy, swampy; see also marshy

Source: Wiktionary


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.

2. Like a queach; thick; bushy. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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