单词 | squench |
释义 | squenchv. Now dialect. 1. transitive. To extinguish, put out (a fire, etc.). Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > extinguish (fire) [verb (transitive)] aquenchc1000 quenchc1175 sleckc1175 slockena1300 bleschea1325 sleckena1340 sleaka1400 asteyntea1450 stancha1450 mesec1480 slockc1480 extinct1483 redd1487 to put outa1500 out-quencha1522 squench1535 extinguish1551 out1629 smoor1721 douse1842 1535 Layton in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. 165 The gret dynyng chambre..was sodenly fierede by sum fier~bronde... Asson as I hade sett men to sqwenche and to labor, I went into the Churche. 1541 T. Paynell tr. Felicius Conspiracie of Catiline vii. f. 11 Rather wyll a womanne squenche flame in a burnynge mouthe than kepe counsayle. 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iv. vii. 125 Robin. London bridge is a fire. Cade. Runne to Billingsgate, and fetche pitch and flaxe and squench [1619 quench] it. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 152 One of the Factors..was blown up by a Cartrige of Pow[d]er, and squenched his Cloathes a-flame in the Ocean. 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 391 Squench, to quench—fire or thirst. 1889 Ld. Tennyson Demeter & other Poems 38 I'll coom an' I'll squench the light. 2. To suppress, put an end to; to quell or stifle. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.) shendOE whelvec1000 allayOE ofdrunkenc1175 quenchc1175 quashc1275 stanchc1315 quella1325 slockena1340 drenchc1374 vanquishc1380 stuffa1387 daunt?a1400 adauntc1400 to put downa1425 overwhelmc1425 overwhelvec1450 quatc1450 slockc1485 suppressa1500 suffocate1526 quealc1530 to trample under foot1530 repress1532 quail1533 suppress1537 infringe1543 revocate1547 whelm1553 queasom1561 knetcha1564 squench1577 restinguish1579 to keep down1581 trample1583 repel1592 accable1602 crush1610 to wrestle down?1611 chokea1616 stranglea1616 stifle1621 smother1632 overpower1646 resuppress1654 strangulate1665 instranglea1670 to choke back, down, in, out1690 to nip or crush in the bud1746 spiflicate1749 squasha1777 to get under1799 burke1835 to stamp out1851 to trample down1853 quelch1864 to sit upon ——1864 squelch1864 smash1865 garrotte1878 scotch1888 douse1916 to drive under1920 stomp1936 stultify1958 1577 J. Grange Golden Aphroditis sig. Mivv Our sorrowes are squenched, with pleasaunt delight. 1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xv. xcvi. 384 Babel is falne, Vr-Caldick squencht, Delphos in no request. 1660 Beaumont & Fletcher's Phylaster (ed. 5) v. sig. H4 They'l flea him, and make Church Buckets on's skin to squench [earlier quench] rebellion. 1865 Punch 20 May 200/2 Mr. Newdegate had a plan, whereof not much need be said, as it was squenched by 126 to 42. 1923 U. L. Silberrad Lett. Jean Armiter iv. 100 You are not easily squenching Art, with a capital A, when it is once fairly talking. 3. To satisfy (the appetite, etc.); to slake (one's thirst). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > satisfying hunger or thirst > satisfy or relieve hunger or thirst [verb (transitive)] sleckc1175 aquenchc1300 stanch1340 beetc1390 repelc1425 sufficea1450 squench1598 1598 T. Bastard Chrestoleros iv. xxxii. 98 Whome all the worlde which late they stood vpon Could not content nor squench their appetites. 1803 M. Charlton Wife & Mistress (ed. 2) IV. 50 Forbidding her a dish of tea to squinch her thirst. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop ii. lviii 123 I wouldn't have taken much..—only enough to squench my hunger. 1876– in various dial. glossaries. 4. To slake (lime). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with other materials > work with other materials [verb (transitive)] > hydrate lime sleck1530 quench1587 sliss1599 squench1643 slock1655 slake1662 1643 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. vi. 24 Water, wherein Lime hath been squenched, is good for the same purpose. 5. intransitive. To become extinguished. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > become extinguished [verb (intransitive)] quench?c1225 aquencha1250 to wax outc1400 slockc1485 slocken1535 to burn out, forth1597 extinguish1599 squench1643 to blow out1842 1643 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. v. 14 Coals doe quickly squench if they are scattered about. Derivatives ˈsquencher n. that which quenches. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > [noun] > a drink or draught shenchc950 drinkc1000 draughtc1200 beveragec1390 napa1450 potation1479–81 potionc1484 slaker?1518 glut1541 pocill1572 adipson1601 go-down1614 slash1614 gulf1674 libation1751 meridian1771 sinda1774 sling1788 mahogany1791 a shove in the mouth1821 nooner1836 quencher1841 refresh1851 slackener1861 squencher1871 refreshener1888 refresher1922 maiden's blush1941 maiden's water1975 the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > [noun] > extinguishing light > that which extinguishes (candles or torches) snitelc1000 candle-quencher1382 sniters1382 sniting tongsa1425 snuffer1465 sniting instrumentc1475 candle-shears1483 sniting iron1483 out-quencher1535 candle-snuffer1552 snufter1558 extinguisher1562 dout1573 douter1622 topper1688 link-extinguisher1859 squencher1871 1871 Black in W. Reid Biogr. (1902) iii. 95 If I had merely taken a squencher at Simpson's in Oxford Street. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Squinsher, an extinguisher for a candle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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