单词 | keck |
释义 | keckn. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. CompoundsΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. 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. ΘΚΠ 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.) ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.a1624v.1601 |
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