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hecking

Translations

heckverb

hecking

Gerund

hecked

Past Simple

hecked

Past Participle

hecking

Gerund

Dialectal (chiefly Scottish & Northern English): to dress flax or hemp with a heck or hackle.

Synonyms

jeer at

shout down

holler at

Definitions

heckverb

To comb or dress flax or hemp with a heck (hackle).

Traditionally, workers hecked the fibres by hand before they were spun.