Now dial. Also 6 squich. [Variant of quitch QUETCH v.]
† 1. intr. To move suddenly and quickly; to flinch or wince. Obs.
1570. Marr. Wit & Sci., V. iii. Mark how he from place to place will squich.
1592. Soliman & Pers., IV. ii. 24. They lopt a collop of my tendrest member. But thinke you Basilisco squicht for that?
2. trans. To twitch or jerk (away).
1680. Honest Hodge & Ralph, 23. Dost mind how he squitches the Church of England away too? calling it that Church that is rude to the Saints.
1880. Cornwall Gloss., 55. Squitch, to twitch; to jerk out of ones hand.