11. 'Stolchy ploughlands hid in grief.' (24)

#Stolchy# is so good a word that it does not need a dictionary.

Wright gives only the verb _stolch_ 'to tread down, trample, to walk in

the dirt'. The adjective is therefore primarily applicable to wet land

that has become sodden and miry by being _poached_ by cattle, and then

to any ground in a similar condition. Since _poach_ is a somewhat

confused homophone, its adjective _poachy_ has no chance against

_stolchy_.

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