pech

/ (pɛx) /


verb, noun
  1. a Scot word for pant

Origin of pech

1
C15: of imitative origin

Words Nearby pech

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How to use pech in a sentence

  • pech adds a list of the names of Conquistadores which I have not inserted, as it is less complete than that found in Cogolludo.

  • I proposed to employ the afternoon by a walk through pech, and evoked a chorus of dismay and horror.

    Through the Land of the Serb | Mary Edith Durham
  • The landlady rushed out when she heard our horse hoofs, for she was expecting her husband, who had also gone to pech.

    Through the Land of the Serb | Mary Edith Durham
  • Because pecht (or pech), trow, and fairy are all synonyms for "dwarf."

    The Testimony of Tradition | David MacRitchie
  • Svet a rinn, hag z inn trz va zad, hag livirinn d'ezhan: Va zd, pech 'ed em euz a eneb ann env hag enu da enep.

    The English Language | Robert Gordon Latham