colsh, v. dial.
(kɒlʃ)
Also colch.
= colt v. 6.
| 1737 Mem. W. Stukeley (Surtees Soc.) III. 33 The ground colshing up, as the plowmen term it. 18.. Northamptonsh. Dial., I stood on the bank of the brook..when the bank colshed in and I fell into the water. |
So colsh n.
| 1847–78 Halliwell, Colsh, concussion. North. 1888 Sheffield Gloss. (E.D.S.), Colch, a loud and startling noise; also a smart blow. Colcher, a heavy fall, ‘He came a regular colcher’. |