HECK

n.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The bolt or latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]

2.
n.

A rack for cattle to feed at. [Prov. Eng.]

3.
n.

A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

4.
n.

A latticework contrivance for catching fish.

5.
n.

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.
n.

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 frame, that which carries the heck in warping.


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