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glutch, v. West Country and Newfoundland dial.|glʌtʃ|
[Echoic, or f. gulch v.1 by metathesis.]
trans. To swallow, esp. painfully or with difficulty; to gulp down. Also absol. Cf. glut v.2
1825J. Britton Beauties of Wiltshire III. 374 Glutch, to swallow. 1887Hardy Woodlanders III. x. 211 Nobody will glutch down a sigh for he. 1895Jrnl. Amer. Folk-Lore VIII. 29 My throat is so sore that I can't glutch anything. 1924G. A. England Vikings of Ice x. 125 Uncle Edgar Tucker..protested that he was so hoarse he could ‘'ardly glutch’. 1973Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 10 Oct. 3 They may say the Newfoundland people..will glutch down more than a saddleback gull without gagging. |