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quickens

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English

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Etymology

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From quicken +‎ -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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quickens pl (plural only)

  1. (chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also, the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.
    • 1898, Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, Transactions:
      Quickens are not confined to one species of grass.

Noun

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quickens

  1. (chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) plural of quicken

Verb

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quickens

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of quicken

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