† swatchev.
Obsolete rare.
Variant of squatch v.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > pressing, pressure, or squeezing > press or squeeze [verb (transitive)] > crush
breakc900
to-bruisec1000
swatchea1300
to-gnidea1300
defoulc1300
to-crushc1300
thring13..
squatcha1325
to-squatc1325
oppressa1382
crush?a1400
thronga1400
dequassc1400
birzec1425
crazec1430
frayc1460
defroysse1480
to-quashc1480
croose1567
pletter1598
becrush1609
mortify1609
winder1610
crackle1611
quest1647
scrouge1755
grush1827
jam1832
roll1886
a1300 E.E. Psalter cv. 29 [cvi. 30] The scatthinge [v.rr. sqwattinge, swacching; L. quassatio] lefte ilkadele.
a1300 E.E. Psalter cix. 7 [cx. 6] Sqwat [v.rr. swatche, squatche; L. conquassabit] sal he heuedes, blode and bane.
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