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Kneck vs Keck - What's the difference?

kneck | keck |

As nouns the difference between kneck and keck

is that kneck is the twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running out while keck is cow parsley.

As a verb keck is

to retch or heave as if to vomit.

kneck

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (UK, nautical) The twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running out.
    • (Webster 1913)

    keck

    English

    Etymology 1

    Imitative

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To retch or heave as if to vomit.
    • (Jonathan Swift)

    Etymology 2

    Celtic

    Noun

    (-)
  • (dialectal) cow parsley

    • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (-)
  • animal dung
    • References
    * 1924, Sophia Morrison, ?Edmund Goodwin, A vocabulary of the Anglo-Manx dialect (page 98). ----