Squĕlch1, v. t.
(66), v. t. [Allied to Prov. Eng. quelch, a blow, and quell, to crush, to kill.] [Written also squelsh.] To crush; to put down. [Colloq.]
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(66), v. t. [Allied to Prov. Eng. quelch, a blow, and quell, to crush, to kill.] [Written also squelsh.] To crush; to put down. [Colloq.]
To be crushed. Carlyle.
n. A heavy fall as of something flat. [Obs. and low.] Hudibras.