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  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.