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Seck vs Keck - What's the difference?

seck | keck |

As an adjective seck

is (obsolete) barren; unprofitable.

As a verb keck is

to retch or heave as if to vomit.

As a noun keck is

(dialectal) cow parsley or keck can be animal dung.

seck

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) barren; unprofitable

    • Related terms

    * rent seck (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). ----