Half heck, the lower half of a door. -- Heck board, the loose board at
the bottom or back of a cart. -- Heck box or frame, that which carries
the heck in warping.
Heck"i*mal (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The European blue titmouse (Parus cúruleus).
[Written also heckimel, hackeymal, hackmall, hagmall, and hickmall.]
Hec"kle (?), n. & v. t. Same as Hackle.
Hec"tare` (?), n. [F., fr. Gr. &?; hundred + F. are an are.] A measure
of area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares, or 10,000 square
meters, and equivalent to 2.471 acres.
Hec"tic (?), a. [F. hectique, Gr. &?; habitual, consumptive, fr. &?;
habit, a habit of body or mind, fr. &?; to have; akin to Skr. sah to
overpower, endure; cf. AS. sige, sigor, victory, G. sieg, Goth. sigis.
Cf. Scheme.] 1. Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow
waste of animal tissue, as in consumption; as, a hectic type in
disease; a hectic flush.
2. In a hectic condition; having hectic fever; consumptive; as, a
hectic patient.
Hectic fever (Med.), a fever of irritation and debility, occurring
usually at a advanced stage of exhausting disease, as a in pulmonary
consumption.
Hec"tic, n. 1. (Med.) Hectic fever.