Keckle

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To wind rope or chains around (a cable etc.) to protect its surface from friction, abrasion, or ice.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. See keck, v. i. & n.
  • v. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Nautical, to cover or guard by winding with something.
  • Same as keck
  • To cackle; chuckle.
  • n. A chuckle.
  • Word Usage
    "Miss Becky Glibbans gave a satirical keckle at this, and showed her superior learning, by explaining to Mrs. Craig the unbroken nature of the kingly office."
    Variant
    keck   
    Form
    keckled    keckling