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Heck-box.


Weaving.) A box suspended between the travers on which the bobbins of warp yarn are mounted, and the warping-frame on which the yarns are wound. Its duty is to divide the warp threads into two alternate sets or leas, one set for each heald or heddle. Also called a jack. See warping-mill.

Heckle.

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