Teut. _haeck-en_, to fix with a hook.

_To_ HECKLE, _v. a._

1. To dress flax, S.

2. Metaph. to examine severely, S.

_To come o"er the heckle-pins_, to be severely examined, S.

Teut. _hekel-en_, pectere linum.

_To_ ~Heckle~ _on_, _v. n._ To continue in keen disputation.

_Mellvill"s MS._

~Heckle~, ~Hekkil~, _s._

1. A hackling-comb, S.

Teut. _hekel_, id.

_Ruddiman._

2. The feathers on the neck of a c.o.c.k, S.

_Douglas._

3. A fly, for angling, dressed merely with a c.o.c.k"s feather, S.

~Heckler~, _s_. A flaxdresser, S.

Teut. _hekelaer_, id.

~Heckleback~, _s._ The fifteen spined Stickleback.

_Sibbald._

HEDDER-BLUTER, HETHER-BLUTTER, _s._ The bittern.

_Burel._

HEDDLES, HEDELES, HIDDLES, _s. pl._ The small cords through which the warp is pa.s.sed in a loom, after going through the reed, S.

_Douglas._

Isl. _haafhalld_, vulgo _hofudld_, id.

HEDE-STIKKIS, _s. pl._ A species of artillery.

_Complaynt S._

Su. G. _stycke_, tormentum majus.

HEDE-VERK, _s._ A head-ache.

_Complaynt S._

A. S. _heafod-waerc_, cephalalgia.

HEDY PERE, _s._ Of equal statute, S.

_Ruddiman._

HEDISMAN, HEADSMAN, _s._ A chief.

_Douglas._

A. S. _heafod-man_, primas.

HEELIE, _adj._ Slow, Aberd.

V. ~Huly~.

HEELIEGOLEERIE, _adv._ Topsy-turvy, Ang.

V. ~Hilliegeleerie~.

HEELS O"ER GOWDY, topsy-turvy, S. B.

V. ~Gowdy~.

HEELS O"ER HEAD, _adv._

1. Topsy-turvy, S.

_Ross._

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