dial. [freq. of KECK.] = KECK v. 1.
1619. W. Whately, God’s Husb., I. (1622), 72. The hypocrite … can swallow a Cammell with the same throat, which did euen keckle at a Gnat.
1893. Northumbld. Gloss., Keckle,… to make a noise in the throat when swallowing.
