GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Heck , n. [See Hatch a half door.] [Written also hack.]
   The bolt or latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]
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   A rack for cattle to feed at. [Prov. Eng.]
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   A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door. [Prov. Eng.]
   Halliwell.
   
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   A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
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   (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.
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   A bend or winding of a stream. [Prov. Eng.]
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   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.
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   Heck , n. hell; -- a euphemism. Used commonly in the phrase “What the heck”. [Colloq.]
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