keck

n. An effort to vomit; queasiness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & n. See Keck, v. i. & n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Keckled p. pr. & vb. n. Keckling ] (Naut.) To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable. See Keckle, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From keck, keckle. ] Inclined to vomit; squeamish. [ R. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Kecksies [ Properly pl. of kex. See Kex. ] (Bot.) The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the cow parsnip or the hemlock. [ Written also kex, and in pl., kecks, kaxes. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Nothing teems
But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]