keckle (1)

i. [CACKLE.] To giggle, to titter, kěc'-kle (2), v. t. [Etym. doubtful.] To protect a cable or hawser from chafing at the hawse-hole, or from being chafed by ice, ., by means of a wrapping or serving of rope, small chain, or other envelope. kěck-ling, 8. [KECKLE, ν.] 1. The act or operation of protecting a cable or hawser from chafing, by means of a wrapper or envelope. 2. The material used in the operation of keckling. *kěck-lish, a. [Eng. keckl (e); -ish.] Inclined to vomit; squeamish. kěck-sỹ, s . [Cf. Welsh cecys = reeds, canes.] The stalks of hemlock, and other Umbellifere; kex. Called also keck and kixe. kěck'-ỹ, a. [Eng. keck (2); -y.) Resembling a kex. IMG:content-0202.png:[blocks in formation] kědģe, v. t. [Sw. dial. keka =to tug at anything.] Naut .: To warp, as a ship; to move by means of a light cable or hawser attached to a kedge.