10 LIBRI IN INGLESE ASSOCIATI CON «QUEACHY»
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A Glossary; Or Collection of Words, Phrases, Names and ...
QUEACHY,,a., should be bushy, from the above, and so Minshew puts it; but
Drayton evidently and uniformly uses it for was-hy, full of moisture; or, as might
now be said, quashy. From where the wallowing seas those queachy washes
drown.
Robert Nares, James-Orchard Halliwell, Thomas II Wright, 1859
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A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...
QUEACHY, a. should be bushy, from the above, and so Minshew puts it; but
Drayton evidently and uniformly uses it for washy, full of moisture ; or, &s might
now be said, quashy. From where the wallowing seas those queachy washes
drown.
3
The Works of George Peele
The damps that rise from out the queachy plots,* Nor influence of contagious air
should touch ; But she should court it| with the proudest dames, Rich in attire, and
sumptuous in her fare, And take her ease in beds of softest! down. Why ...
George Peele, Alexander Dyce, 1829
Just then a young man made his appearance, of a decidedly Jewish cast of
countenance, around whose person floated a strong perfume of gin and lemon-
peel. He saluted his colleague, whom he addressed as “Old Queachy,” with a
wink ...
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A glossary: or, Collection of words, phrases, names, and ...
From where the wallowing fleas those queachy washes drown. Polyolb., 937. '
Twixt Penrith's farthest point and Goodwin's queuchy sand. Ibid., 097. Where
Neptune every day doth powerfully invade The vast and queachy soil, with hosts
of ...
Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright, 1859
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The Works Of George Peele: Collected And Edited, With Some ...
The damps that rise from out the queachy plots,' Nor influence of contagious air
should touch ; But she should court it'r with the proudest dames, Rich in attire,
and sumptuous in her fare, And take her ease in beds Of softestI down. Why ...
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Glossary of Northamptonshire words and phrases, with ...
QUEACHY. Wet, boggy land, that requires draining. So.UeA.CHy, quAsHy,
quAGGy, GoGGy, DoDDy, are all correlatives. Nares does not appear to be
aware of the provincial usage of this word, but seems only acquainted with our
signification ...
Anne Elizabeth Baker, 1854
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The Works of George Peele: Collected and Edited, with Some ...
The damps that rise from out the queachy plotsf'" Nor influence of contagious air
should touch ; But she should court itt with the proudest dames, Rich in attire, and
sumptuous in her fare, And take her ease in beds of softestI down. Why ...
George Peele, Alexander Dyce, 1829
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The Works of George Peele: David and Bethsabe. Battle of ...
The last, not least, of these brave bretheren, f Laden with honour and with golden
boughs, J Entering the lists, like Titan arm'd with fire When in the queachy^ plot
Python he slew, Bowes takes to task with strong and mighty arm,|| Right richly ...
George Peele, Alexander Dyce, 1829
10
A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
[1 know not whence derived; perhaps originally quaky, quaggy, or quashy.]
Unsolid ; unsound; boggy. Not in use. The boggy mears and queachy fens below.
Drayton. Goodwin's queachy sand. Dr.iyton. Que an. a. s. [cpean, Sax. a barren
cow ...
Henry John Todd, Samuel Johnson, 1805
