v. dial. Also 8 stolch, 9 stooch, sto(t)ch. [Of obscure origin: cf. STODGE sb.] trans. To trample (wet ground) into holes. Also absol. or intr. Comb. stoach-way (see quot. 1853).
1733. W. Ellis, Chiltern & Vale Farm., 20. Neither the Turnep, nor artificial Grass will answer, by reason of the Cattles stolching.
1836. W. D. Cooper, Sussex Gloss., 31. Stoach, to make an impression on wet land, as oxen do in winter. E. Ibid. (1853), (ed. 2), 79. Stoache-way, the Channel at low water, which lies between the pier-head and the deep water, running through low sand. So used at Rye Harbour.
1910. Kipling, Rewards & Fairies, 282. The ground about was poached and stoached with sliding hoof-marks.
Hence Stoachy a., dirty.
1836. W. D. Cooper, Sussex Gloss., 31. A stoachy road.
