heck (2)

[Etym. doubtful.] The bend or winding of a stream. hěck-běr-rỹ, s. [HEGBERRY.] hěc-kle, s. [HACKLE.] hěc'-kle, v. t. [HECKLE, 8. ] 1. Lit.: To dre with a heckle, as flax or hemp. 2. Fig.: To worry; to hara ; to annoy; to tease, as by continued questions. hěck-ler, s. [Eng. heck (le); -er.] 1. Lit .: One who heckles flax or hemp. 2. Fig .: One who worries by persistent questioning. "We should be very glad to know, through the instrumentality of some Liverpool heckler , what these ties are." -London Daily News . hěc-täre, hec-a-täre, s . [Fr., from Gr. hekaton =a hundred, and Latin area .] A French measure containing 100 ares, or 10,000 square meters=2-471143 statute acres; a square hectometer. [ARE, S.]