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Webster 1913 Edition


Keckle

Kec′kle

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Verb.
I.
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Noun.
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Keck
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Verb.
I.
&
Noun.

Kec′kle

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Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Keckled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Keckling
.]
(Naut.)
To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice.
Totten.

Webster 1828 Edition


Keckle

KECK'LE

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Verb.
T.
To wind old rope round a cable to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains round a cable to defend it from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice.