culch

culch or cultch  (klch)

n.

1. A natural bed for oysters, consisting of gravel or crushed shells to which the oyster spawn may adhere.

2. The spawn of the oyster.

3. also scultch or sculch (sklch) New England Clean trash or rubbish, such as string, paper, and cloth: "We always had a culch box around" New Hampshire informant in DARE.

4. A person or thing not highly regarded.

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[Perhaps ultimately from Old French culche, couch; see couch.]