(chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also (chiefly in the plural), the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.

Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.

(transitive) To treat with quicklime.

(colloquial) Something made or done swiftly. / (colloquial, by extension) A brief sexual encounter. / (cricket) A fast bowler.

comparative form of quick: more quick

plural of quickie

simple past tense and past participle of quicken

superlative form of quick: most quick

(of a hedge etc) Grown from cuttings planted directly into the ground

The cuttings used, or the hedge produced by this method