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keckle
▪ I. keckle, v.1 (ˈkɛk(ə)l) Forms: 6 kekell, kekkyl, 6–7 kekle, 7– keckle. [var. (chiefly Sc.) of cackle v.1, and in sense 2 of checkle v.] 1. intr. Of a hen or other bird: To cackle.1513 Douglas æneis vii. Prol. 118 And kais keklis on the ruiff abone. 1549 Compl. Scot. vi. 39 Quhilk gart the hennis...
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Sea Haggs
Towards the end of its career, the band also recorded under the name Keckle. A compilation of Sea Haggs and Keckle recordings, along with some of MacFarlane's solo work, appeared then under the name "Jelly CD", released by McIntyre's
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keckle-meckle
keckle-meckle Mining. ? Obs. (See quot.)1747 Hooson Miner's Dict. K iv b, Keckle-Meckle. The poorest kind of mines that yields Ore, and the Ore is of the poorest sort... Keckle-Meckle Stuff has the Ore run with it in small Strings and Races, or spotted with it much like Birds Eyes.
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kecklish
† ˈkecklish, a. Obs. rare. [f. keckle v.3 + -ish1.] = keckish.1601 Holland Pliny xx. xiv, The female Penyroiall..staieth a kecklish stomack. Ibid. xxiii. Proeme.
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Laura MacFarlane
In 1992, MacFarlane formed Sea Haggs (later renamed Keckle) on guitar, viola, percussion and vocals, with McIntyre and Potts.
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checkle
† ˈcheckle, v. Obs. [App. the southern equivalent of the northern keckle in its sense of ‘laugh giddily’, as distinguished from that of ‘cackle’; cf. also chuckle.] intr. To laugh violently or giddily; hence ˈcheckling, ppl. a.1627 Feltham Disc. Eccl. Wks. (1677) 348 The Ape..checkles when he meets ...
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cackle
▪ I. cackle, n. (ˈkæk(ə)l) [f. the vb. stem: cf. Sw. kackel in same sense.] 1. A cackler. (Or ? adj. cackling.)a 1225 Ancr. R. 66 Uoleweð..nout þe kakele [v.r. chakele, kakelinde] Eue. Mod. colloq. or dial. What a cackle she is! 2. Cackling; as of a hen or goose.1674 N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. To Rdr.,...
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keck
▪ I. keck, n. Now dial. (kɛk) [A sing. of kex, kecks, mistaken as a pl. form.] Any of the large Umbelliferæ, or their hollow stems: = kex. broad-leaved keck, the Cow Parsnip (Heracleum Sphondylium); trumpet-keck, ? Wild Angelica.a 1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 234 The old man threw a dart; it had b...
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mistress
▪ I. mistress, n. (ˈmɪstrɪs) Forms: 4 maist-, mastiresse, 4–6 maystres(se, 4–7 maistres(se, mastres, 5 mastras, maistress, -tricce, mayst-, maisteres, -erace, mestresse, 5–7 mastress(e, mistresse, 5–8 mistres, -is, 6 masteres, maisters, -triss, -teras, misterz, maistrice, -isse, mestres, maestriss, ...
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race
▪ I. race, n.1 (reɪs) Forms: 3–4 ras, 4–5 raas, 4–6 rase, Sc. raiss, 5 north. rass, 6 Sc. raice, rais, rays, 4– race. [a. ON. rás (Norw. and Sw. dial. rås), running, race, rush (of water), course, channel, row, series = OE. rǽs rese; of obscure etym. Orig. a northern word, coming into general use ab...
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