10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SQUITCH»
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The complete farmer: or, a general dictionary of husbandry ...
It is observed by the same writer that tc the roots of these, and perhaps of some
other of the hardy perennial grasses, compose what the farmers call quick, couch
, or squitch, (hat plague and curse to arable cul- ti ration ; they arc sometimes so ...
Society of Arts (Great Britain). Society of Gentlemen, Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), 1807
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The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle
When the crop came to perfection, I discovered with much mortification that i had
been fostering my worst enemy, the most mischievous species of Squitch Grass,
with which I was but too well acquainted under the name of Knobb Squitch, ...
3
The Gentleman's Magazine
... White Squitch or Couch; which is the Avena etatior, or tall Oat-grass, a most
troublesome and unpalatable grass, abundant in most pastures in this country,
and particularly in light sandy soil. From the slight observations I had time to
make ...
4
Communications to the Board of Agriculture, on Subjects ...
The most general arable land squitch grass is of the Agrostis family, but to which
particular species that most complained of by farmers belongs, is not yet agreed
amongst botanists. Dr. Stokes refers it to- the fine bent (Agrosiis capilarisj ; Mr.
Great Britain. Board of Agriculture, 1806
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The Complete Farmer: Or, General Dictionary of Agriculture ...
Dr. Stokes, he says, refers it to the fine bent (Agrostis capilaris); but Mr. Dirkenson
assures him it is a variety of the Agrostis alba ; Mr. CurtishOWeverinl'ormcd him
that this squitch grass has never yet been rightly specified, that ought it to termed
...
Harrassed by my friends calling it Squitch Grass, to satisfy them, I filled two
contiguous plots with roots, the one of Fiorin, the other, Black Squitch; when
these began to vegetate strongly, the difference was soon perceptible without
recurring to ...
Belfast Literary Society, 1808
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Select Reviews of Literature
VI. v IT blance which actually exists between the Fiorin and couch or squitch
grass, (so that a superficial observer might confound them,) call upon us to insert
the following quotation from the essay, which clearly shows the distinction : "
These ...
8
The British Review, and London Critical Journal
With this answer we should rest satisfied, did not a certain resemblance which
actually exists between the Fiorin and couch or squitch grass, (so that a
superficial observer might confound them,) call upon us to insert the following
quotation ...
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The Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture: ...
The roots of those, and perhaps of some other of th* hardy perennial grasses,
compose what the farmers call quick, couch, or squitch, that plague and curse to
arable cultivation ; they are sometimes so interwoven together in the soil, in land
...
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The Repertory of arts and manufactures [afterw.] arts, ...
The roots of those, and perhaps of some other of the hardy perennial grasses,
compose what the farmers call quick, couch, or squitch, that plague and curse to
arable cultivation ; they are sometimes so interwoven together in the soil, in land
...
Repertory of arts, manufactures and agriculture, 1807
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SQUITCH»
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A Stictionless NEMS Switch
The "squitch" concept: an elastic material in the gap conducts tunneling current. And when releasing the switch, the goop, being elastic, pushes the electrodes ... «EE Journal, May 15»
Squeezable nano electromechanical switches with quantum …
Niroui's latest work builds on her earlier work showing a design for a squeezable switch—or "squitch"—which fills the narrow gap between contacts with an ... «Phys.Org, Mar 15»
What's in a name? Alan Titchmarsh's guide to Latin terms of our …
When you go round the country, you'll find couch grass called twitch, scotch, quelch and squitch. Butterbur (Petasites hybridus) is called cleat in Lincolnshire, ... «Express.co.uk, Feb 15»
Stories from India portrayed in Watchung exhibit
The childlike title of the show – “Boggy Soggy Squitchy Pictures” – is actually lifted directly from author Herman Melville's most famous novel. Portada's gleeful ... «Asbury Park Press, Oct 14»
Lauren Portada's 'Boggy Soggy Squitchy Pictures' exhibit at Kent …
A boggy, soggy, squitchy picture truly, enough to drive a nervous man distracted.” According to Kent Place Gallery Director Ken Weathersby, “Portada's work is ... «Independent Press, Oct 14»
Interview : Henry Smith ou l'émergence d'un nouveau modèle …
En 1995 parait son premier titre, Squitch. C'est un puzzle game à destination des plus jeunes et proposé en Shareware : en gros, après quelques niveaux, ... «Jeux Video.fr, Jul 14»
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Squitchy Lane Vineyard. Sticks Yarra Valley. Stones of the Yarra Valley. Sutherland Estate. Whispering Hills Vineyard. White Rabbit Brewery. Wild About Fruit. «Herald Sun, Nov 13»
Mike Fitzpatrick's grape escape
For almost a decade now it's been producing wine under the Squitchy Lane label, named after the street in Oxford, England, where he and wife Helen first ... «Business Spectator, Oct 13»
Osheaga – 2e jour : Soleil, sets, mais pas match…
... on prend le temps de se balader, de boire son petit Coca gratuit et de manger enfin une poutine, une vraie, avec le fromage qui fait « squitch squitch » ! Sinon ... «Discordance, Jan 13»
Robert Fulford: Getting your kicks on Route 66
In 1885 Walt Whitman grew lyrical about towns called Fairplay, Tombstone, Whiskey Flat and Squitch Gulch. In the 1920s, Stephen Vincent Benét, in a poem ... «National Post, Aug 12»
