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Webster 1913 Edition


Keech

Keech

,
Noun.
[Cf. Prov. E.
keech
a cake.]
A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Keech

KEECH

,
Noun.
A mass or lump. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


keech

keech

English

Noun

keech (plural keeches)

  1. (obsolete) A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher.
    • Shakespeare, Henry VIII act 1 scene 1
      I wonder / That such a keech can with his very bulk / Take up the rays o' th' beneficial sun, / And keep it from the earth.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Heywood Walter Seton-Karr to this entry?)


Scots

Noun

keech (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of kich

References

  • keech” in Dictionary of the Scots Language, Scottish Language Dictionaries, Edinburgh"