seck

plural secks

1. ScotlandalternativeobsoleteAlternative form of sack.

   The kittlings ligging on the secks […]

   1884, Streatfeild, Lin. and Danes, 264, 357

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   […] barn-fans, an' flails, an' fleers, / An' canasses, an' secks; / An' cheeks o' doors, an' doors themsel's, / Wi' broken ban's an' snecks; […]

   1884, David Grant, Lays and Legends of the North: And Other Poems and Songs, Humorous and Grave, Original and Translated, page 3

   ... a rough seck undher him, a bit o' flannel hardly coverin' him above, an' he looked like dyeath.

   1894, John Trafford Clegg, David's Loom: A Story of Rochdale's Life in the Early Years of the Nineteenth Century, page 30

   This seck is elding to keep us fra starving!

   1912 [????], Walter William Skeat, English dialects from the eighth century to the present day. Repr, page 117

comparative more seck · superlative most seck

1. Only used in rent seck

plural Secks

1. A surname.