Keck
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KECK, sb.1 Yks. [kek.] Rubbish, ‘kedge.’ w.Yks. It tastes war ner owd keck, Eccles Leeds Olm. (1873) 12; w.Yks.5 Nasty keck! nut fit fur a pig to heit!
KECK, v.1 and sb.2 Sc. Cum. Wm. Yks. Lan. I.Ma. Chs. Der. Flt. Not. Lin. Also written kek Wm. Lan.; and in forms kaik Cum.1 Wm.1; kayk Cum.1 Cum.4; keak n.Cy. n.Yks.2 ne.Yks. m.Yks.1 w.Yks.1 w.Yks.5 Lin.1 n.Lin.1; keeak n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4; keek n.Yks.1 n.Yks.4 ne.Yks.1 Chs.3; keik n.Yks.1 Lan. s.Chs.1; kek Lakel.2; keyk w.Yks.1 m.Lan.1; keyke Lan.; kick Chs.3; kike w.Yks.2 Lan.; kyke Lan. Flt. [kek, kēk, kīk, kiək.] 1. v. To raise up one end of anything, esp. to tip up a cart in order to unload it. n.Cy. (Hall.), Lakel.2 Wm. The cart is kekt up at the door (B.K.). s.Wm. (J.A.B.) n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2; n.Yks.4 Keeak t'cart a larl bit mair. ne.Yks.1, m.Yks.1, w.Yks. (R.H.H.), w.Yks.1, ne.Lan.1, e.Lan.1, Chs.1 Chs.2 Chs.3 s.Chs.1 We keik a vessel when we want the contents to run out. Flt. (T.K.J.) Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 339. n.Lin.1 Hence (1) Kecker, sb. the bar which connects the body of a cart with the thills; a piece of wood or iron in front of a tumbril to enable the body of a cart to be raised to any angle; (2) Kecker-peg, Kecking-peg, or Kecko-peg, sb. a peg placed in the ‘kecker’ to keep the cart tilted at any angle. (1) Lan.1 I.Ma. Others tryin' to draw the kecker, Brown Doctor (1887) 219, ed. 1891. Chs.1 In the old tumbrils, or dungcarts, there is an arrangement by which the cart can be kept kecked at any angle, so that the dung may be hooked out from behind with a muck-hook as the cart is drawn along the field. The arrangement consists of an upright piece of iron (formerly it was made of wood) attached to the front of the cart framework, which works through a slit in the cart body. It is called the kecker, and is perforated with numerous holes. The body of the cart is hinged to the axle. When the cart is kecked, the front is raised, and a peg is put into one of the holes in the kecker to keep it at the required angle. (2) Chs.1 Chs.3 2. Comb. Kek-rod, the peg which keeps the ‘kecker’ in position. Lan. I was stannin' up drivin, when t'kek-rod slipt oot, an' up went t'cart, like shot, Waugh Rambles Lake Cy. (1861) 227. 3. Fig. To stay or put up at a house temporarily when away from home. Wm. Wheear do yer [sic] keck? Spec. Dial. (1880) pt. ii. 50; Wm.1 Still often used, esp. among carters and drivers, and workmen who have to work far from home. ‘War's tha keckt at ta-daa?’ ‘Ist ta gaan ta keck at t'Unicorn?’ 4. To upset; to overbalance; gen. with over. Cum.4 Ah keck't 'im oot o' t'barrow inta t'watter. w.Yks. He keyk'd ower t'eead first (Æ.B.); w.Yks.2 Lan.1 ‘Who's spilt this milk?’ ‘Me, mother: aw couldn't help it; aw keckt it o'er wi' my sleeve.’ n.Lan.1, m.Lan.1 s.Lan. Mind, lass, or theaw'll keck it o'er (F.E.T.). 5. To jerk oneself back; to throw back the head with a disdainful air; to raise oneself erect; to rear as a horse. Cum.1 Wm. Ah kaikt mi heed up an catcht t'jaum seck a leddur (B.K.). n.Yks.1 He did nowght bud winch and keeak oopon 's hĭn-legs; n.Yks.2, ne.Yks.1 e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1788). m.Yks.1 A mother will say to an over-playful child, by way of caution: ‘Thou'll kêak thy neck till it creaks.’ w.Yks.1 Lan. Woman... keckt as stiff, as if hood swallud a poker, Tim Bobbin View Dial. (1740) 19. nw.Der.1 6. To ‘cock’ up at one end; to stand awry; to twist to one side; to lean; to drop from an upright position. Cum.1 Lan. Grose (1790) MS. add. (P.) e.Lan.1, m.Lan.1 s.Lan. He'd getten his hat keck't o' one side. He keck't his cheer up on it's back legs (F.E.T.). Chs.1 s.Chs.1 Dù)ŭ sit tóo éeŭm dhŭ end ŭ)th bensh, els it)l ky'eyk ùp [Dunna sit too eeam the end o' th' bench, else it'll keik up]. A farmer was complaining that the bottom of his large cheese-making vat did not slant sufficiently to allow the moisture to run off, or rather that it slanted in the opposite direction to what was required. This he expressed by saying that ‘it ky'eykt raangg- roa-d’ [it keiked wrang road]. Not. The wheels get kecked out of gear (L.C.M.). Hence Keaky-ridged, adj. bent inwards. e.Lin. Yow see this 'ere barn's keaky-ridged (J.C.W.). 7. To draw back from a bargain; to flinch. Cf. cock, v.1 11. Rxb. ‘I've keck't,’ I have changed my mind, and decline adhering to the offer I formerly made (Jam.). 8. sb. A twist to one side; a sprain; an injury to the spine causing deformity. Cum.1 She hez a kayk in her neck; Cum.4, Yks. (Hall.), m.Yks.1 w.Yks.1 If you don't mind you'l give that barn a keak in the back; w.Yks.5 A horse going up-hill with a heavy load is in danger of ‘gehring a kēak i' his back.’ 9. A jolt. ne.Lan.1 10. A cuff or blow. Cum. Yah rummelback of a lad in t'gallery leeap aboot till he gat a kayk aback eh t'lug, Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 184. Wm.1 [5., 8. Norw. dial. keika, to bend backwards, to sprain, to go awry; keik, bent backwards, used of one who holds his head backwards in a pert manner (Aasen); ON. keikr, bent backwards, the belly jutting forwards (Vigfusson).]
KECK, v.2 and sb.3 Sc. n.Cy. Cum. Yks. Lan. Chs. Not. Lin. Lei. Nhp. War. Wor. Hrf. Glo. Oxf. Brks. Bdf. Hmp. I.W. Wil. Also written kek w.Yks.; and in forms cack Wil.1; keak Lin.1; keeck Hrf.; keek Hrf.1 [kek.]
v. To retch; to feel sick; to faint suddenly. Rxb. (Jam.), Lan. (J.D.), Chs.3, Not.1 Lin. Thompson Hist. Boston (1856) 711. Lei.1 It meks me keck to think on't. Nhp.2, War.3, Wor. (H.K.), Hrf.1 Hrf.2 Glo. 'E tells me it [intellect] makes your innards keck over cider, Gissing Vill. Hampden (1890) I. 160; Glo.1 Glo.2 Oxf.1 MS. add. Bdf. (J.W.B.), Hmp.1 I.W.2 That ere stuff makes me keck. Wil.1 n.Wil. He had'n a swallered it two minnits afore a begun to keck (E.H.G.). Hence (1) Kecker, adj. squeamish; (2) Kecker-hearted, adj. (a) having a stomach that is easily upset; (b) fainthearted, nervous; (3) Keckery, adj., see (1); (4) Kecky, adj., see (1). (1) n.Cy. (Hall.) w.Yks.1 Shoe's nut itten hauf ─ shoe's seea dench an kecker, ii. 291; w.Yks.3 Kecker o' food. (2, a) w.Yks. Can't eat fat meat? What a kecker-hearted body ye er (B.K.). (b) n.Yks. The Masham Volunteers went full trot in waggons to meet the French, and there warn't a kekker-hearted man in t'lot (R.H.H.). w.Yks. Soa ye kecker-hearted 'uns 'at's been hoddin' back, Yks. Wkly. Post (May 2, 1896); w.Yks.3 (3) w.Yks. Our girls are very kekery about eating fat (W.C.S.). (4) s.Wor. A 's a bit kecky 's marnin (H.K.).
To refuse with disdain; to be fastidious. n.Yks.1 n.Yks.4, w.Yks.1, ne.Lan.1
To choke; to make a choking noise in the throat; to cough. n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4, ne.Yks.1, m.Yks.1 w.Yks. She boakaned and kekt, Nidderdell Olm. (1878). Brks.1, I.W.1, Wil.1
To cackle; to laugh. Cum.1 Cum.4 5. sb. The noise made in the gullet by sickness; a sound between a cough and a choke. ne.Yks.1, m.Yks.1, Lin.1 Brks. Gl. (1852).
KECK, adj.1 Chs. Nhp. Shr. Hrf. Oxf. Bck. Wil. Also in forms cack, cag Wil.1 [kek.] In comb. (1) Keck-fisted, (2) Keck-handed, left-handed; clumsy, awkward. (1) Hrf. Still known and used, esp. among school-children (H.C.M.). (2) Chs.1, Nhp.1 Nhp.2 Shr.1 Ketch out, yo' keck-'onded, avenless thing. Oxf. (M.A.R.); (G.O.); Oxf.1 'Er's the mwust keck-'anded thing as ever tha sin in thee life. Bck. If a man, at hay time, or harvest, holds his fork with the left hand lowest, they say, ‘Ah, he's no good! he's keck-handed, he works with the weakest hand next to the load,’ N. & Q. (1859) 2nd S. viii.
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KECK, adj.2 Lan. Pert, insolent, lively. Davies Races (1856) 270.
KECK, KECKCORN, see Keek, sb.1, v.1, Kick, v.2, Kecker.
KECK, sb.4 s.Lan.1 A term of endearment for a child.
KECK, sb.5 w.Yks. A pocket. Ah hevvent tuppence i' mi keck (J.H.W.).
‡KECK, sb.6 w.Yks. Success, luck. He seems i' good keck (B.K.).
KECK, v.1 ne.Chs. To balance nicely. (J.W.)
