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 small cords through which the warp is passed 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._