Part 408 (1/2)

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 cock, S

_Douglas_

3 A fly, for angling, dressed merely with a cock'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 sh which the warp is passed in a looh the reed, S