† squatch, v. Obs.
Also 4 squach, swatche.
[ad. OF. esquachier (escachier), to crush, break.]
trans. To squash or smash; to quash or annul.
| a 1325 MS. Rawl. B. 520 lf. 55 Lo nou is for te segge of þe ansueres ant of excepciouns þat squachez þe writ of Mort de auncestre. c 1380 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1875) 224 Heo haþ sumwhat squached his tour Þat we mihte not meue wiþ no stour. a 1400 E.E. Psalter cix. 7 Sqwat [v. rr. squatche, swatche] sal he heuedes, blode and bane. |