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heck-boxes

heck-boxes is the plural of heck-box.

Meaning of heck-box

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
    Synonyms:
    heck, jack

Questions about heck-boxes

What is heck-boxes the plural of?
Heck-boxes is the plural of heck-box.

Words near heck-boxes in the dictionary

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

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