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单词 keck
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keckn.

Brit. /kɛk/, U.S. /kɛk/
Forms: Also 1800s kelk.
Etymology: A singular of kex, kecks, mistaken as a plural form.
Now dialect.
Any of the large Umbelliferæ, or their hollow stems: = kex n. broad-leaved keck, the Cow Parsnip ( Heracleum sphondylium); trumpet-keck, ? Wild Angelica.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > an umbellifer > with a hollow stalk
kex1578
kecka1624
a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 234 The old man threw a dart; it had been as good he had thrown a kecke or a straw.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Kecks, dry Stalks.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 100 Half hid in meadow-sweet and keck's high flowers.
1827 J. Clare Last of Autumn in Shepherd's Cal. xi Trumpet-kecks..Whose hollow stalks inspired such eager joy.
1880 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Kelk.
1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire As dry as a keck.

Compounds

keck-bugloss n. Obsolete some medicinal herb.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > herb > [noun] > bugloss
buglossa1400
langue de boeufa1400
boragea1475
keck-bugloss1693
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxi. 257 The Fervency of Lust is abated by..Chastree, Mandrake, Bennet, Kecbuglosse [Fr. orchis le petit].
keck-stalk n.
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1821 J. Clare Sonn. Night in Village Minstrel II. 179 From keck-stalk cavity, or hollow bean.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

keckv.

Brit. /kɛk/, U.S. /kɛk/
Etymology: Echoic. Cf. 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle iv. ii. sig. Dii Till I made hir olde wesen, to answere againe kecke.
1.
a. intransitive. To make a sound as if about to vomit; to retch; to feel an inclination to vomit; hence to keck at, to reject (food, medicine, etc.) with loathing. Also figurative expressing strong dislike or disgust.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > look expressive of displeasure or dislike > express strong dislike or disgust [verb (intransitive)]
keck1601
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > have digestive disorder [verb (intransitive)] > retch
bolk1495
retch1538
reach1575
heave1601
keck1601
to cast the gorge1614
keckle1619
yesk1664
strain1678
gag?1706
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > disgust or revulsion for food or drink > be disgusted by food or drink [verb (intransitive)] > reject food or drink through disgust
to keck at1821
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 148 Their pouder is..ordained for them who..are ready to keck and heaue at euery little thing.
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 12 The worser stuffe she strongly keeps in her stomack, but the better she is ever kecking at, and is queasie.
1681 W. Temple Mem. iii, in Wks. (1731) I. 335 I had propos'd Lord Hallifax as one of the Lords, whom the King had indeed keck'd at..more than any of the rest.
1710 J. Swift Lett. (1767) III. 61 I have taken a whole box of pills, and keckt at them every night.
1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Aug. 154/2 If they can sit with us at table, why do they keck at our cookery?
b. = kink v.1 (Cf. Norwegian kikje.)
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (intransitive)] > become short of breath > gasp or catch breath
gape1352
gaspa1393
to catch the aira1616
kink1691
keck1721
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. To Keck, Keckle, to make a Noise in the Throat, by reason of Difficulty in Breathing.
2. intransitive. Of a bird: To utter a sound like keck.
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the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > cluck or cackle
cackle?c1225
keckle1513
chacka1522
shuckle1598
gallow1825
keck1844
1844 in Whitelaw Bk. Scot. Song (1875) 347/2 Our grey clocking hen she gaed Kecking her lone.
1878 P. Robinson In my Indian Garden i. Green Parrots The hawk now and again affords healthy excitement to a score of crows who keck at him as he flaps unconcerned..through the air.

Derivatives

ˈkecking n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > retching
bolking1398
yoking1527
heavea1571
strain1590
reaching1601
straining1613
kecking1709
reach1736
retch1768
retching1771
vomiturition1842
1709 E. Ward Rambling Fuddle-caps 12 B'ing ready to spew, I suppose, by his kecking.
1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 275 When this medicine produces nothing more than keckings at stomach.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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