sech

I never see sech hosses; 'n' they're jest like kittens; they've ben drefful pets, I allow.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
When I told dad, sez I, 'Dad, did ever yer hear sech a thing uz gittin' up afore light to feed stock?'
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Well, then, what kind o' brothers would it be that 'd stand in his way at sech a time?
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
And what kind o' uncles would it be that 'd rob—yes, rob—sech poor sweet lambs as these 'at he loved so at sech a time?
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

I've often thought hit didn't look jest fair fer God 'lmighty t' make sech a woman 'thout ary man t' match her.
The Shepherd of the Hills|Harold Bell Wright

British Dictionary definitions for sech

sech

/ (ʃɛk, sɛtʃ, ˈsɛkˈeɪtʃ) /

noun

hyperbolic secant; a hyperbolic function that is the reciprocal of cosh

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Scientific definitions for sech

sech

Abbreviation of hyperbolic secant