squenchv.
Now dialect.
1. transitive. To extinguish, put out (a fire, etc.). Also absol.
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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.
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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).
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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