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paich

paich is the alternative form of pech.

Meaning of pech

Verb

pech (third-person singular simple present pechs, present participle peching, simple past and past participle peched)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) To pant, to struggle for breath.
    • An' as they breisted the lang lang hill / The puir horse graned and peched.1913, John Buchan, Andrew Jameson, Lord Ardwall, page 136

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Questions about paich

What is paich the alternative form of?
Paich is the alternative form of pech.

Words near paich in the dictionary

  1. pai-lou
  2. pai-lous
  3. Paia
  4. paiban
  5. Paibian
  6. paich
  7. paiche
  8. paiches
  9. Paichuan
  10. paick
  11. paicks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paich (page history and authors); pech (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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