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Definition of Heckled
1. heckle [v] - See also: heckle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heckled
Literary usage of Heckled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"They are next heckled, or separated, straightened, and cleaned; ... The heckled
slivers of flax are next roved, or converted from a flat riband to a soft ..."
2. Undiscovered Russia by Stephen Graham (1912)
"CHAPTER IX heckled BY REVOLUTIONARIES A GROUP of ragged-looking men were standing
outside one of the ..."
3. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"Well heckled flax suffers no loss in this operation ... put on a second to the
already heckled part, leaving a short length of ЭД or 8 inches to be ..."
4. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1858)
"In 1661 it was 8s.; crushed, or heckled, 5s. in 1680; dressed, 8s. in 1703 ; and 6*.
in 1724, 1748. Other notices are: 1581.—12 bottles of line, 3s. 1639. ..."
5. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1872)
"In the next operation the dressed line or heckled flax, which has been obtained
thus far in the form of a number of separate stricks of irregular thickness ..."
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