Keech

//kiːt͡ʃ// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher. obsolete

    "I wonder That such a keech can with his very bulk Take up the rays o' th' beneficial sun, And keep it from the earth."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Example

More examples

"I wonder That such a keech can with his very bulk Take up the rays o' th' beneficial sun, And keep it from the earth."

Etymology

Compare dialectal English keech (“cake”), perhaps ultimately a back-formation from Middle English kechel (“small cake”).

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