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