Obs. rare–1. ? = QUETCH v.
a. 1500. Image Hypocr., III. in Skelton’s Wks. (1843), II. 436/2. Not for his life to quecke [rhyme necke] But stande vpp, like a bosse. [1755 in Johnson (and hence in some later dicts.), with quot. from Bacon Ess., in which however the correct reading is queching.]
