quickens

== English == === Etymology === From quicken +‎ -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈkwɪk(ə)ns/ Hyphenation: quick‧ens === Noun === quickens pl (plural only) (chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also, the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses. === Noun === quickens (chiefly Midlands (northern), Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) plural of quicken === Verb === quickens third-person singular simple present indicative of quicken === Further reading === “quicken, n.2”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.