Hypertext Webster Gateway: "heck"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Heck \Heck\, n. [See {Hatch} a half door.] [Written also
{hack}.]
1. The bolt or latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]

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

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

4. A latticework contrivance for catching fish.

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.

6. 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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