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Webster 1913 Edition


Queachy

Queach′y

,
Adj.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Queachy

QUE'ACHY

,
Adj.
[from queach.]
1.
Shaking; moving, yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground.
The queachy fens.
Godwin's queachy sands.
[This word is still in use in New England, and if the word is from the root of quick, we recognize the application of it in quicksand.]
2.
Thick; bushy. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


queachy

queachy

English

Adjective

queachy (comparative more queachy, superlative most queachy)

  1. Yielding or trembling under the feet, as moist or boggy ground; shaking; moving.
    the queachy fens
    • Drayton
      Godwin's queachy sands
  2. (obsolete) Like a queach or thicket; thick, bushy.