Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Heckle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Heckle \Hec"kle\, v. t.
To interrogate, or ply with questions, esp. with severity or
antagonism, as a candidate for the ministry.
Robert bore heckling, however, with great patience and
adroitness. --Mrs. Humphry
Ward.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hatchel \Hatch"el\ (?; 277), n. [OE. hechele, hekele; akin to D.
hekel, G. hechel, Dan. hegle, Sw. h["a]kla, and prob. to E.
hook. See {Hook}, and cf. {Hackle}, {Heckle}.]
An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for
cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a
kind of large comb; -- called also {hackle} and {heckle}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Heckle \Hec"kle\, n. & v. t.
Same as {Hackle}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
heckle
v 1: comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax" [syn: {hackle}, {hatchel}]
2: challenge aggressively [syn: {harass}]
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