Gulch

·noun Act of gulching or gulping.

II. Gulch ·noun A Glutton.

III. Gulch ·vt To swallow greedily; to gulp down.

IV. Gulch ·noun A ravine, or part of the deep bed of a torrent when dry; a gully.

to gulch
To swallow voraciously.--Todd. Webster. In low language this word is still heard in New England. Yo...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.