Heck

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heck \Heck\, n. [See {Hatch} a half door.] [Written also
     {hack}.]
     1. The bolt or latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]
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     2. A rack for cattle to feed at. [Prov. Eng.]


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     3. A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called
        also {heck door}. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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     4. A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
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     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.
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     6. 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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Heck \Heck\, n.
     hell; -- a euphemism. Used commonly in the phrase "What the
     heck". [Colloq.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  heck
       n : a euphemism for `hell'; "Oh what the heck"