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Webster 1913 Edition
Heck
1.
The bolt or latch of a door.
[Prov. Eng.]
2.
A rack for cattle to feed at.
[Prov. Eng.]
3.
A door, especially one partly of latticework; – called also
heck door
. [Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
4.
A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
5.
(Weaving)
An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.
6.
A bend or winding of a stream.
[Prov. Eng.]
Half heck
, the lower half of a door.
– Heck board
, the loose board at the bottom or back of a cart.
– Heck box
or Heck frame
that which carries the heck in warping.
Webster 1828 Edition
Heck
HECK
,Noun.
1.
A rack for holding fodder for cattle. 2.
A bend in a stream.3.
A hatch or latch of a door.