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heck box

heck box is the alternative form 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

Forms of heck box

pluralheck boxes

Questions about heck box

What is heck box the alternative form of?
Heck box is the alternative form of heck-box.

Words near heck box in the dictionary

  1. hechtsbergite
  2. Hechuan
  3. heck
  4. heck board
  5. heck boards
  6. heck box
  7. heck boxes
  8. Heck cattle
  9. heck no
  10. heck of a
  11. Heck reaction

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