v. dial. Also colch. = COLT v. 6.
1737. Mem. W. Stukeley (Surtees Soc.), III. 33. The ground colshing up, as the plowmen term it.
18[?]. Northamptonsh. Dial., I stood on the bank of the brook … when the bank colshed in and I fell into the water.
So Colsh sb.
1847–78. Halliwell, Colsh, concussion. North.
1888. Sheffield Gloss. (E. D. S.), Colch, a loud and startling noise; also a smart blow. Colcher, a heavy fall, ‘He came a regular colcher.’
