quickens

noun

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

   “Quickens are not confined to one species of grass.”

2. (Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, form-of, plural)plural of quicken

verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of quicken