An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

To HECKLE, v. a.
1. To dress flax, S.
2. Metaph. to examine severely, S.
To come o'er the heckle-pins, to be severely examined, S.

Teut. hekel-en, pectere linum.

To Heckle on, v. n. To continue in keen disputation.
Mellvill's MS.

Heckle, Hekkil, s.
1. A hackling-comb, S.

Teut. hekel, id.

Ruddiman.
2. The feathers on the neck of a cock, S.
Douglas.
3. A fly, for angling, dressed merely with a cock's feather, S.

Heckler, s. A flaxdresser, S.

Teut. hekelaer, id.

Heckleback, s. The fifteen spined Stickleback.
Sibbald.

HEDDER-BLUTER, HETHER-BLUTTER, s. The bittern.
Burel.