squench

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"Uncle Issy," asked Jim Lewarne, lurching up, "I durstn' g-glint over my shoulder—but wud 'ee mind tellin' me if th' old woman's lookin' this way—afore I squench my thirst?"

From I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

"If you're thirsty, vy don't you say so and squench it, old boy?"

From The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh by Thackeray, William Makepeace

"I only wanted," replied the trembling Marchioness, "to know where the key of the meat-safe was hid--that was all; and I wouldn't have taken much if I had found it--only enough to squench my hunger."

From Ten Girls from Dickens by Sweetser, Kate Dickinson

But ole Brer B'ar say he gwineter make way wid 'im, en den he sot en study, ole Brer B'ar did, how he gwineter squench Brer Bull-frog.

From Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings by Harris, Joel Chandler

I split the everlasting rocks with my glance, and I squench the thunder when I speak!

From Life on the Mississippi, Part 1. by Twain, Mark