[hek] 
| 1. | (used as a mild expression of annoyance, rejection, disgust, etc.): What the heck do you care? |
| 2. | something remarkable of its kind (usually used in the phrase heck of a): That was a heck of an impressive speech. Have one heck of a good time. |
| 3. | as heck (used as a mild intensifier): I say he's guilty as heck. |
[hek] | 1. | a comblike attachment on a loom, for guiding the warp threads as they are dressed for the warp beam. |
| 2. | a device that guides yarn onto the bobbin of a spinning wheel. |
| 3. | a gridlike arrangement of glass or metal rods below the hooks on a Jacquard loom, used for lifting all harness eyes equally or evenly. |
| heck (hěk) interj. Used as a mild oath. n. Slang Used as an intensive: had a heck of a lot of money; was crowded as heck. [Alteration of hell.] |
