quinch
/kwɪn(t)ʃ/Now archaic or regional
verb
[no object] To move, stir, make a slight noise; to start, flinch.
Origin
Early 16th century; earliest use found in Promptorium Parvulorum. Origin uncertain. Perhaps a variant of quetch, perhaps by association with winch; or perhaps a variant of either winch or wince.
- pattern-moulder
- pattern paper
- pattern practice
- pattern reader
- pattern recognition
- pattern room
- pattern-setter
- pattern-setting
- pattern shop
- pattern variable
- pattern-welded
- pattern welding
- pattern wheel
- pattern-wise
- patterny
- patter of tiny feet
- patteroller
- patter-roller
- Patterson, Floyd
- patter song
- Patterson's curse
- pattimar
- Pattinson process
- Pattinson's process
- pattle