dunch¹ a EDD ~ a 2 'dull, heavy,' hence (1) dunch v 'to get stiff with long waiting' K for sense 1, 4 'heavy ... doughy' W for sense 2.
   1 Stiff; cramped or numbed from sitting in one position.
   P 10-57 Dunch. To be cramped in the legs, arms, etc. T 222-66 You wouldn't be able to stay keeled out on the settle very long because it would be quite hard an' you would get dunch, I'm sure. P 192-67 Dunch is also used to explain that your foot has gone to sleep. C 71-97 My leg is dunch from sitting on it.
   2 Doughy, heavy, soggy; cp CLOSE. Also a noun.
   1896 Dial Notes i, 378 ~ : bread not properly baked. 1896 J A Folklore ix, 21 Dunch cake or bread, unleavened bread, composed of flour mixed with water and baked at once. 1925 ENGLAND v, 330 ~ Heavy; soggy; —of bread, etc. 1941 Beaver 37 ~ Said of bread when it fails to rise and is heavy. P 60-64 I make good bread, though these [loaves] are dunch. C 71-113 Dunch bread is bread that doesn't rise as bread with leaven normally does.

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