Now dial. Also 6 squich. [Variant of quitch QUETCH v.]

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  † 1.  intr. To move suddenly and quickly; to flinch or wince. Obs.

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1570.  Marr. Wit & Sci., V. iii. Mark how he from place to place will squich.

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1592.  Soliman & Pers., IV. ii. 24. They lopt a collop of my tendrest member. But thinke you Basilisco squicht for that?

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  2.  trans. To twitch or jerk (away).

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1680.  Honest Hodge & Ralph, 23. Do’st mind how he squitches the Church of England away too? calling it that Church that is rude to the Saints.

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1880.  Cornwall Gloss., 55. Squitch, to twitch; to jerk out of one’s hand.

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