the large black beetle. Lane.
·noun The act of twitching; a pull with a jerk; a short, sudden, quick pull; as, a twitch by the sle...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
To draw timber along the ground by a chain. Used by lumbermen in Maine. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
·- ·see Quitch grass. ...
a long and rank sort of grass. North. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
See angle-dog ...
The Sailor's Word-Book