heck

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

HECK, noun [See Hatch.] An engine or instrument for catching fish; as a salmon heck 1. A rack for holding fodder for cattle. 2. A bend in a stream. 3. A hatch or latch of a door.
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