queachy
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queachy (comparative more queachy, superlative most queachy)
- Yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground; shaking; moving.
- the queachy fens
- 1612, Michael Drayton, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Mathew Lownes; I. Browne; I. Helme; I. Busbie, published 1613, →OCLC:
- queachy sands
- (obsolete) Like a queach or thicket; thick, bushy.
Synonyms edit
- (yielding or trembling under the feet): poachy, swampy; see also Thesaurus:marshy