† keakn.
Obsolete. rare.
A cackle, cackling.
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1600 N. Breton Pasquils Mad-cap (1626) B He..Must be attentiue to the Ganders keake, Or giue a plaudite, when the Goose doth speake.
1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Suppl. Kayk, the cry of a goose.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
† keakv.
/keɪk/ Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To cackle.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > [verb (intransitive)] > make sound (of goose)
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1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 16 Theues on a night had stolne Iupiter, had a gouse not a kekede.
1598 Herrings Tayle A ij Helpe sportfull Muse to tune my gander-keaking quill.
1621 J. Taylor Goose in Wks. (1630) i. 104/1 The sober Goose..did harshly keake and hisse.
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. ii. 68 The Geese..take care that by their ceeking [1678 keeking] and their noyse, they doe not expose themselves to the rapacity of Birds of prey.
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