Seech

Quick meaning: Seech is a verb meaning (possibly obsolete) Lancashire, West Country, and possibly other dialects' form of seek.

Meaning

(possibly obsolete) Lancashire, West Country, and possibly other dialects' form of seek.

Example Sentences

His seechin for some time wur like Will Whistler's hunt for crabfish i' Snig Bruck—he couldn't clap his honds on wot he wanted.

Thereupon I went an' fotch'd Bob Howt an' Jem Ashworth to help me to seech^([sic]) for 'em, but o' to no use. So I said, 'What think'n yo' if they'n getten back to their owd shop? Let us goo seerch^([sic]) for 'em theer.'

Aw seeched for him till th' singing wur o'er, an' aw fund aw met as weel give it up; so aw gan it up, an' made mi way eaut o'th' palace. But th' gooin' eaut wurno' like th' gooin' in. Aw'd bowted at th' wrung dur, and getten amung th' carriages; .

"I have spokken for misel',—an' for thee too. To th' best o' my thinkin', Jone,—wherever yo finden folk yo'n find foos." "Well; it's th' likeliest shop to seech form 'em in, as how 'tis." "It is, owd lad; an' if yo leeten of onybody at o', yo connot go wrang."

Word Forms

• seeches
• seeching
• seeched

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lewk, yearn, veel, speld, spelder, behight.

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