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noun
Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also, the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, plural, plural-only
Qualifier: chiefly Midlands (northern)
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: couch grass
Antonyms: none provided
noun
plural of quicken
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, form-of, plural
Qualifier: chiefly Midlands (northern)
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of quicken
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From quicken + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs).
