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heck-box

heck-box noun: a grating device used to separate and guide the threads in a warping machine.

Noun

heck-box (usually uncountable, plural heck-boxes)

  1. (dated, usually) A grating device used to separate and guide the threads in a warping machine.
    • The threads pass from the bobbins to the frame through an instrument called a jack or heck-box, or simply a heck.1848, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (publisher), The Useful Arts and Manufactures of Great Britain, page 24
    • The heck-box moves up and down a post, the motion being regulated by a cord passing over a wheel or pulley and wound round the axle of the reel, and unwound alternately, as the box moves up or down the post.1864, A.J. Warden, The Linen Trade, Ancient and Modern, page 704
    Synonyms:
    heck, jack

Synonyms of heck-box

Forms of heck-box

pluralheck-boxes
alternative formheck box

Questions about heck-box

What does heck-box mean?
Heck-box means a grating device used to separate and guide the threads in a warping machine.
What part of speech is heck-box?
Heck-box is a noun.
What is the plural of heck-box?
The plural of heck-box is heck-boxes.

Words near heck-box in the dictionary

  1. heck of a
  2. Heck reaction
  3. Heck reactions
  4. heck yeah
  5. heck-board
  6. heck-box
  7. heck-boxes
  8. heck-care
  9. hecka
  10. Heckard
  11. Heckards

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