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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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11 words match “QUITCH”

QUITCH n. 2 definitions
Same as Quitch grass.
QUITCH GRASS n.
A perennial grass (Agropyrum repens) having long running rootstalks, by which it spreads rapidly and pertinaciously, and so becomes a troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quick grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See Illustration in Appendix.
SQUITCH GRASS n.
Quitch grass.
COUCH GRASS n.
See Quitch grass.
GRASS n.
me to sheep. Northwest. Stipa spartea. Quaking grass, ornamental. Briza media and maxima. Quitch, or Quick, grass, etc., a weed. Agropyrum repens. Ray grass. Same as Rye grass (below). Redtop, pasture and hay. Agrostis vulgaris. Red-topped buffalo grass, forage. Northwest. Poa tenuifolia. Reed canary grass, of slight v…
QUACK GRASS n.
See Quitch grass.
QUICK a. 2 definitions
Pregnant; with child. Shak. Quick grass. (Bot.) See Quitch grass. -- Quick match. See under Match. -- Quick vein (Mining), a vein of ore which is productive, not barren. -- Quick vinegar, vinegar made by allowing a weak solution of alcohol to trickle slowly over shavings or other porous material. -- Quick water, qu…
QUICKENS n.
Quitch grass.
TRITICIN n.
A carbohydrate isomeric with dextrin, obtained from quitch grass (Agropyrum, formerly Triticum, repens) as a white amorphous substance.
TWITCH GRASS n.
See Quitch grass.
WITHVINE n.
Quitch grass.