Heckle

·noun & ·vt ·same·as Hackle.

II. Heckle ·add. ·vt To interrogate, or ply with questions, ·esp. with severity or antagonism, as a candidate for the ministry.

heckle
1) to heckle tow, to dress it. N. 2) to heckle, is to look angry ; as a cock raises his heckle when...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
heckle
Said to be from the Teutonic heckelen, to dress flax for rope-making. Also, an artificial fly for fi...

The Sailor's Word-Book
heckle-back
A name of the fifteen-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus spinachia. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book