quecchet

i. A Middle English form of quitch1. quech (kwech), n. Same as quaigh. [Scotch.] queckt, n. [Origin uncertain; cf. querken.] A blow (?). But what and the ladder slyppe,... And yf I fall I catche a quecke , I may fortune to breke my necke, Nay, nay, not so! ... Enter lude of Youth. ( Hall i well.)