keech

noun /kiːt͡ʃ/

1. A mass or lump of fat rolled up by the butcher.

   obsolete

   That such a keech can with his very bulk Take up the rays o' th' beneficial sun, And keep it from the earth.

   I wonder

Where it comes from

Compare dialectal English keech (“cake”), perhaps ultimately a back-formation from Middle English kechel (“small cake”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry keech (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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