Hack

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HACK, sb.1 and v.1 Var. dial. uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms ack Stf.2 se.Wor.1; haike Cum.; hake
Fif.; hauk Lth. (Jam.) n.Cy. (K.); hawk Sc. (Jam.) Nhb.1;
heck w.Yks.5; hick Nhb.1 Cor.1; hjuk Sh.I.; hock Nrf.
Hmp.1 [h)ak, æk.] 1. sb. A kind of pickaxe or mattock
used in agricultural employments; see below.
n.Cy. Bailey (1721); Grose (1790);; (K.); N.Cy.1: N.Cy.2 A mattock
made only with one and that a broad end. Nhb. Shovels, hacks,
spades, &c., Richardson Borderers Table-bk. (1846) V. 277; Nhb.1
Dur.1 An implement of two kinds: one is called a pick, having one
end pointed, and the other rather broader. The other kind is
called a mattock, one end of which is axe-shaped, and the other
end like the broad end of the pick. Lakel.1 Cum.1 A pickaxe
having points about an inch in width; Cum.4 s.Wm. (J.A.B.)
n.Yks. They [turnips] are pulled up by a peculiar drag, or ‘hack’
as it is provincially called, Jrn. R. Agric. Soc. (1848) IX. ii;
n.Yks.1; n.Yks.2 Half a mattock; a pickaxe with one arm;
n.Yks.3 n.Yks.4 e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1788). m.Yks.1 A kind
of pickaxe, or mattock, without the blade end. w.Yks. Willan
List Wds. (1811); (J.T.); w.Yks.1 w.Yks.5, Lan.1 n.Lan. (W.S.); n.Lan.1
April wi' his hack an' bill, Sets a flow'r on iv'ry hill, Local Rhyme.
e.Lan.1 Chs.1; Chs.3 A gorse hack. s.Chs.1 A kind of mattock
used to stock or pull up gorse. nw.Der.1 s.Not. The turnip hack
is a kind of mattock with either one or two blades (J.P.K.). w.Dev.
A one ended mattock, Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796). Cor. A
digging instrument, the same as the biddix or beat-axe (q.v.), and
used in Zennor for cutting turves (J.W.).
2. A heavy tool or pickaxe used by miners; see below.
Nhb., Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (1849). e.Dur.1 A heavy
pick, weighing about 7 lbs., with head about 18 in. in length.
There are van kinds, e.g. Tommy hack (round head and chisel
point), Jack hack (round head and sharp point), Pick hack (sharp
head and chisel point). Der. Manlove Lead Mines (1653) Gl.
Shr.1 A small pick used in getting coal.
Hence Hack-ave, sb. the handle of a ‘hack.’ Shr.1
3. A large hoe.
w.Yks. Hlfx. Courier (May 8, 1897); (J.T.); w.Yks.2; w.Yks.3
A kind of hoe with a long blade.
4. A pronged instrument or mattock used for dragging
dung from a cart; see below. Gen. in comb. Muck-hack.
Cai.1 Ags., Rnf. They loosen all the ground completely with a
hack, an instrument with a handle of about 4 or 5 feet long, and
two iron prongs like a fork but turned inwards, Statist. Acc. XIX.
534 (Jam.). Lth. (Jam.) Nhb.1 A muck fork, having 3 or 4 tines
or teeth, which are bent at a right angle to the handle. It is used
for drawing litter out of cattle lairs and similar places, and is sometimes
called a drag. The above is called a ‘teeming hack,’ as it is
used in emptying [teeming]. There is also a ‘filling hack,’ which
is like a four or five pronged fork bent at the neck to an angle of
45 degrees with the shank. Both teeming and filling hacks are
used when working among manure.
5. An axe for dressing stone.
Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 334. n.Lin.1
6. A mark, notch; a deep cut, a fissure. Also used fig.
Sc. Ye may pit a hack i' the post the day [To-day has been a
red-letter day with you], Prov. (G.W.) Elg. Ca’ in the crook a
hack again, Tester Poems (1865) 160. Abd. I sud set up my
bonnet a hack fan I gaed owre to Clinkstyle this time, Alexander
Johnny Gibb (1871) xliii. Lnk. Stamp'd in fire upon the broo,
Were figures three, in unco hacks, Deil's Hallowe'en (1856) 42.
7. A cut, wound, gash. Also used fig.
Edb. Aft the hack o' honour shines In bruiser's face wi' broken
lines, Fergusson Poems (1773) 206, ed. 1785; Geordy's men
cou'd not withstand The hacks o' their claymores, Liddle Poems
(1821) 238. n.Cy. (K.) Cum. Wi' nowther haike nor quarrel,
Gilpin Sngs. (1866) 282.
8. A chap or crack in the skin of the hands or feet caused
by exposure to cold and wet.
Sc. (Jam.), Cai.1 Fif. Skelbs and hacks needed tender handling,
Colville Vernacular (1899) 18. Ayr. Mittens on her hands after
she has creeshed them weel with saim for the hacks, Service Dr.
Duguid (ed. 1887) 161. Nhb.1 A surface fissure or chap in the
skin produced by cold or work. A deeper fissure than a hack is
called a ‘keen.’
9. An indentation or hollow made in ice to keep the feet
steady in ‘curling.’
Sc. A longitudinal hollow is made to support the foot, close by
the tee, and at right angles with a line drawn from one end of the
rink to the other. This is called a hack or hatch, Acct. of Curling,
6 (Jam.). Ayr. Tees, hogscores, and hacks, or triggers [were]
made, while busy sweepers cleared the rinks of anything that
might impede the progress of the stones, Johnston Kilmallie
(1891) II. 109. Peb. He strains its wished-for road to trace The
hack and tee between, Lintoun Green (1685) 38, ed. 1817.
10. A ridge of earth thrown up by ploughing or hoeing.
Hrt. The ground which was fallowed in April is stirred (in May)
into hacks, Ellis Mod. Husb. (1750) III. i.
11. A row of half-made hay.
Bdf. When the grass was hagled it is disposed in hacks (J.W.B.);
Both clover and grass is powerfully acted upon by the sun and
wind when in the state of hacks, Batchelor Agric. (1813) 443.
Sur.1 A thin row in which hay is laid to dry after being shaken out,
and before it is got into wider rows, which are called ‘windrows.’
12. The heart, liver, and lights of a pig. Cf. hackamuggie.
Chs.1 Chs.3 s.Chs.1 Goa· tŭ Longg·liz un aas·k um fur u pig·z aak
[Go to Longley's an' ask 'em for a pig's hack]. Shr.1 Obsol.
Hence (1) Hack-fat,
sb. the fat obtained from cleaning the intestines of a
pig. nw.Der.1 13. A hard, dry cough. Cum.4, Stf.2
14. Fig. Phr. hack and sweep, a complete upturn; a scene,
commotion.
Abd. Gin the French officers begin to blab on ane anither, then
we'll get hack an' sweep (G.W.).
15. v. To chop, cut up; to cut roughly or unevenly.
Sc. If I was gaen to be an elder, we couldna get a bit stick
hackit on Sabbath, Jokes, 1st S. (1889) 38. Sh.I. Shü hjukid a sleesh
or twa aff a roond lof, Sh. News (Oct. 29, 1898). Abd. Maidens
and widows... Made mony an errand wi' bog fir to hack, Anderson
Rhymes (1867) 20. Frf. Instead of...hacking his face, for he
was shaving at the time, Barrie Thrums (1889) xvi. Cld. (Jam.),
n.Cy. (J.W.) Shr.1 Now, 'ack them garrits, an' get the bif an' bacon
up fur the men's dinner; Shr.2 Oxf.1 MS. add. Hmp.1 w.Som.1
To hack a joint. A good gate hacked all abroad.
Hence (1) Hack-clog, sb. a chopping-block; (2) Hacket,
ppl. adj., fig. cutting, biting, severe, caustic; (3) Hacket
kail, phr. chopped kail or cabbage; (4) Hacket flesh, phr. a carrion
charm for doing injury to a neighbour's beasts; see below;
(5) Hacking, sb. a pudding or sausage made of the chopped
interiors of sheep or pigs; (6) Hacking-block, sb. a block
of wood used for cutting meat upon; (7) Hacking-iron, sb. an inverted
chisel put into an anvil when the blacksmith wishes to
cut anything off; (8) Hacking-knife, sb. a chopper, cleaver; (9)
Hacking-stock, (10) Hacking-trough, see (6); (11) Hack-meat, sb. mincemeat;
(12) Hack-pudding, sb., see (5); (13) Hack-saw, sb. a saw
used by smiths and others for cutting iron; (14) Hack-spyel,
sb. a useless joiner or cartwright; (15) Hackster, sb., fig.
a butcher, cut-throat; (16) Hack-stock, see (6); (17)
Hackum kail, phr., see (3).
(1) n.Yks.2 (2) Dmb. Out on you, bawdron! wi' your hacket
tongue, Salmon Gowodean (1868) 71. (3) Sc. To feast me wi'
caddels And guid hackit kail, Chambers Sngs. (1829) I. 2;
Noganes full of hacket kaile, Maidment Ballads (1844) 13, ed. 1868.
(4) ne.Sc. One mode of an enemy's working evil among a neighbour's
cattle was to take a piece of carrion, cut the surface of it
into small pieces, and bury it in the dunghill, or put it over the
lintel of the door. Such carrion was called ‘hackit-flesh,’ Gregor
Flk-Lore (1881) 184. (5) N.Cy.1 Nhb. A pudding made in the maw
of a sheep or hog (K.). Cum.1 A mincemeat and fruit pudding,
used till lately for the family breakfast on Christmas day. Wm.&Cum.1
Wi' sweet minch'd-pyes and hackins feyne, 171. Lan.
Harland & Wilkinson Flk-Lore (1867) 216. (6) e.Yks. Nicholson
Flk-Sp. (1889) 65; e.Yks.1 (7) w.Yks.2 (8) e.Yks. Nicholson
Flk-Sp. (1889) 65. Chs.1 (9) Cai.1 (10) e.Yks. The trough
or block on which the work is performed is a hacking-trough, or
hacking-block, Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 65. (11) e.Yks. NICHOLSON Flk-Sp.;
e.Yks.1 (12) Cum. On the morn of Christmas-day the people
breakfast early on hack-pudding, a mess made of sheep's heart,
chopped with suet and sweet fruits, Hutchinson Hist. Cum.
(1794) I. 555. (13) n.Wil. An old scythe-blade, or a piece of one,
with the edge jagged into teeth, set in a handle, and used for sawing
through iron bars or rods, &c. (G.E.D.) w.Som.1 There idn nort
better vor a hack-zaw-n a old zive [scythe]. (14) Nhb.1 (15) Sc.
A crew of bloody Irish rebels, and desperat [sic] hacksters, Craufurd
Hist. Edb. (1808) 155 (Jam.). n.Yks.2 (16) Sc. (Jam.) (17)
Dmb. Good hackum kail twice laid, Salmon Gowodean (1868) 108.
16. Of the skin: to chap, become cracked through cold.
Sc. To plout her hands through Hawkey's caff-cog, is a hateful
hardship for Mammy's Pet, and will hack a' her hands, Graham
Coll. Writings (1883) II. 148. Cai.1, Cld. (Jam.) Ayr. There's
nae frost to hack them [the hands] in the simmer time, Service
Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 161.
Hence (1) Hacked or Hackit, ppl. adj. cracked, chapped
through cold; (2) Hacking, vbl. sb. the chapping of hands
or feet through cold.
(1) Sc. His wee, hackit heelies are hard as the airn, Thom
Rhymes (1844) 140. Frf. His hackit hands to heat, Jamie Emigrant's
Family (1853) 106. Per. For festerin' finger or sair hackit heel,
Edwards Strathearn Lyrics (1889) 34. Fif. A day's durg brings
nae regret, nor sair backs, nor hackit feet, Robertson Provost
(1894) 188. Rnf. The lass wi' hakit hands and feet, McGilvray
Poems (ed. 1862) 48. Ayr. Who tied up my wee hackit taes in the
winter time? Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 16. Lnk. The wee
stumpy legs ance hacket an' blae, Nicholson Idylls (1870) 70.
N.I.1, N.Cy.1 Nhb. Lassis, wi' hackt heels an' hans, Keelman's
Ann. (1869) 25. Dur.1 Applied to the hands when frostbitten, or
to the heels or instep when very rough. Cum.1 Cum.4 (2) Ayr. A
hushion... worn on the legs of women and boys at country work
to keep their legs frae hacking ─ what refinement calls chapping
or gelling, Hunter Studies (1870) 29.
17. To work with a pickaxe.
Cum. Richardson Talk (1876) 2nd S. 43; Cum.4, s.Wm.
(J.A.B.), w.Yks. (R.H.H.)
18. To dig with a mattock, so as to break the clods.
Glo.1 w.Som.1 The term rather implies digging ground which
has already been turned up with a spade. ‘Spit it [the ground]
up rough, and after 't have a lied a bit, take and hack it back.’
Dev. To break clods with a mattock, after seed has been sown, to avoid
harrowing, Horae Subsecivae (1777) 197; Morton Cyclo. Agric.
(1863). nw.Dev.1, Cor.1 Cor.2
Hence (1) hack and hail, phr. digging and thatching;
hard work; (2) Hackynex, sb. a tool for digging.
(1) n.Dev. A beat'th mun all vor hack an' hail, Rock Jim an'
Nell (1867) st. 42. (2) Cor.3
19. To hoe or loosen the earth round potatoes, preparatory
to earthing them up; to hoe.
se.Wor.1 Wil.1 This is done with a ‘tater-hacker,’ an old three-grained
garden-fork, which by bending down the tines or ‘grains’
at right angles to the handle has been converted into something
resembling a rake, but used as a hoe. Dor. Dartnell & Goddard
Wds. (1893). Dev.2 I've been hackin' tittie voors all day. Cor.1
To hack tetties.
20. To cut peas, beans, vetches, &c., with a hook; to
dress a hedge-breast or a gutter with a sickle.
Cum.4, Oxf.1 Brks. I be gwaĭn pea-'acking next week (W.H.E.);
Brks.1 w.Mid. The haulm is raised with a stick or old hook held
in the left hand, and severed with the hook that is wielded in the
right hand. ‘You can go and hack that pea-haulm when you have
done this hoeing’ (W.P.M.). Hmp. To harvest beans, the reapers
using two hooks, one wherewith to cut, and the other, an old one,
wherewith to pull up the halm, Wise New Forest (1883) 288;
(W.H.E.); Hmp.1, Wil. (W.H.E.)
Hence (1) Hacked, ppl. adj. of a path or track: cleared,
made passable; (2) Hack-hook, sb. a curved hook with a
long handle, used for cutting tares or peas, or for trimming
hedges.
(1) Nhp. A keeper pointed out to me a recently cleared path
which he described as the ‘hacked way,’ N. & Q. (1878) 5th S.
ix. 575. (2) Sus.1 Hmp. Holloway.
21. To uproot turnips, &c., with a turnip-hack.
s.Not. It is done after the upper part of the root has been gnawed
off by the sheep, in order to make the remainder available. ‘He's
bruck 'is 'ack, 'ackin them tunnips’ (J.P.K.). Dor. The swede-field
in which she and her companion were set hacking, Hardy Tess
(1891) xliii.
22. To throw up earth in ridges by ploughing or hoeing.
Hrt. Combing is also called hacking and are synonymous names
for one and the same operation, Ellis Mod. Husb. (1750) VIII. 36.
23. To rake up hay into rows.
Not. Is the hay hacked in? (J.H.B.) Lei.1 Nhp.1 The grass, as
it falls from the mower's scythe, is called a swathe, which is
tedded or spread over the whole surface of the meadow; it is next
hacked, or separated into small rows. War. Lewis Gl. (1839).
s.Wor.1 Bdf. (J.W.B.); Spread the swarths about the ground,
and afterwards hack it into small rows, Batchelor Agric. (1813)
429. w.Mid. When you have done shaking out these windrows,
you may go and hack in over yonder (W.P.M.). Sus.1
Hence Hack-rake, v. to rake the hay together after it
has been spread out to dry. se.Wor.1
24. To win everything at games of marbles, &c.
Cum. When we'd hacked the lads aw roun us, Anderson Ballads
(1805) iii, ed. 1808; Gl. (1851).
25. With at: to imitate. Yks. (Hall.), w.Yks.1
26. To hesitate; to hesitate in speech; to stammer,
stutter. Cf. hacker, v. 2.
Nhb.1 He hicked at forst, but they gat him to gan on. n.Yks.2,
Shr.2, e.An.1 Nrf. How that man did hack (W.R.E.); (E.M.)
Hence (1) Hacka, sb. a nervous hesitation in speaking.
Wil.1; (2) Hocker, sb. one who stammers. Nrf. (E.M.)
27. Phr. (1) to hack and har, (2) hack and haw or hack and hew, (3)
hack and hammer or hack and hommer, to hum and haw; to hesitate
or stammer in speech.
(1) Oxf.1 (2) War.2 War.3 se.Wor.1 Why doesn't spell the words,
an' nat stond 'ackin' an' haowin' athattens? Glo. Horae Subsecivae
(1777). (3) Shr.2 Hacks and hammers at his words. Oxf.1 Dwunt
stan u ak·in un om·uurin dhaa·r [Dwun't stan' a 'ackin' an' 'ommerin'
thar]. I.W. (J.D.R.)
28. Of the teeth: to chatter. Cf. hacker, v. 4.
Lan. Meh teeth hackut imeh yed agen, Tim Bobbin View Dial.
(1740) 23; Lan.1, e.Lan.1 nw.Der.1 Thy̆ teeth hacks i' thy̆ yead.
Dev. (Hall.)
29. To snap at with the mouth.
s.Chs.1 Dh)uwd saay)z got·n pigz, bŭr ah dóo daayt óo i)nü
góo·in taak· tóo ŭm rey·tli, fŭr óo aak·s aat· ŭm wenev·ŭr dhi
kùmn klóos ùp tóo ŭr [Th' owd saï's gotten pigs, bur ah do daït
hoo inna gooin' tak to 'em reightly, fur hoo hacks at 'em whenever
they com'n cloose up to her].
30. To cough frequently and distressingly; to cough in
a hard, dry manner. Cf. hacker, v. 5.
Stf.2 Used almost entirely in the phr. ‘to cough and ack.’
sw.Lin.1 He has been hacking like that all night. War. Leamington
Courier (Mar. 6, 1897); War.3 He hacks so at night; War.4,
s.War.1, e.An.1, Sus.1
Hence Hacking or Hicking, ppl. adj. of a cough:
hard, dry.
n.Yks.2 sw.Lin.1 He has such a hacking cough. s.Lin. (T.H.R.),
Nhp.1, Brks.1, Hnt. (T.P.F.) e.An.1 Nrf. I fare to have sich a hacking
cough (W.R.E.). Cor.1

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HACK, sb.2 Var. dial. uses in Sc. Irel. and Eng.
Also in forms ack- Chs.1; eck w.Yks.; haek Sh.I.; haik
Bnff.1 Frf. Ayr. Lth.; hake Abd. Lth.; heck Or.I. Cai.1 Per.
Rnf. Ant. N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 Dur.1 Lakel.1 Cum.1 Cum.4 Wm. n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2
ne.Yks.1 e.Yks.1 m.Yks.1 w.Yks.1 w.Yks.2 w.Yks.3 w.Yks.4 w.Yks.5 Lan.1 n.Lan.1 ne.Lan.1
Der.1 Not.2 Not.3 n.Lin.1 sw.Lin.1 Nhp.1 Hrf. e.An. [h)ak, æk,
h)ek.] 1. A rack or manger to hold fodder for horses
or cattle in a stable.
Sc. (G.W.), Or.I. (S.A.S.), Bnff.1 Ayr. [He] mounted into the
hack, and hid himself among the hay, Galt Gilhaize (1823) iv.
n.Cy. Bailey (1721); Grose (1790); (K.); N.Cy.1 N.Cy.2 Nhb. Morton
Cyclo. Agric. (1863); Nhb.1, Dur.1, Cum.2 Cum.4 n.Yks. (T.S.), n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4,
ne.Yks.1 e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1788); e.Yks.1 w.Yks.
T'stable lad went in wi a pale ov watter ta put ontut eck, reddy
fer use, Yksman. Comic Ann. (1878) 21; Horses owt ta be weel
fettald dahn and fodderd wi oats and beans and t'heck filled wi
good sweet hay, Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann. (1873) 45;
w.Yks.1 w.Yks.2 w.Yks.3 w.Yks.4 w.Yks.5, ne.Lan.1, Not.2 Not.3, s.Not. (J.P.K.), Der.2 Lin. Grose
(1790). n.Lin.1 We mun hev them hecks mended e' th' coo staables,
th' beäs' waaste the'r fother theäre shaameful. sw.Lin.1, s.Lin.
(T.H.R.) Hrf. The young horses and brood mares [are fed] in
hecks under a shade, Reports Agric. (1793-1813) 25. Nrf. (Hall.)
Hence Heckstower, sb. a rack-staff. Yks. (Hall.)
2. Phr. (1) hack and harbour, food and shelter; (2) hack
and manger, free quarters, plenty, abundance, esp. in phr.
to live at hack and manger.
(1) n.Yks.1 ‘To eat one out of heck and harbour,’ of a poor
man's family with good appetites; n.Yks.2 ‘Cleared out of heck
and harbour,’ destitute both of food and shelter. (2) Sc. Maintained
puir Davie at heck and manger maist feck o' his life, Scott
Waverley (1814) lxiv. Cai.1 Bnff. The marauding Bully, who
had been living at haik and manger, Gordon Chron. Keith (1880)
143. Abd. At hake and manger, Jane and ye sall live, Ross
Helenore (1768) 124, ed. 1812. w.Sc. The members of Presbytery
had often lived at heck and manger in their houses, Macdonald
Settlement (1869) 17, ed. 1877. Per. She'll hae her run o' heck
an' manger sae lang as she lives, Ian Maclaren Brier Bush (1895)
296. Rnf. They that live at heck an' manger Sigh vainly for ‘the
little stranger,’ Young Pictures (1865) 166. Ayr. Ne'er-do-well
dyvours and licht limmers who leeved at hack and manger, Service
Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 74; Wasting baith at heck and manger wi'
bardie leddies, Galt Sir A. Wylie (1822) xvii. Slk. Her ladyship...
was bred at the same heck an' manger as oursels, Hogg Tales
(1838) 80, ed. 1866. Nhb. (R.O.H.), w.Yks.1 sw.Lin.1 ‘He lives
at heck and manger,’ said of one who has free quarters, the run
of his teeth.
3. A crib for fodder from which animals are fed in the
open air. Also in comb. Stand-hack.
Lth. Sparred boxes for holding fodder for sheep, Morton Cyclo.
Agric. (1863). Dur.1 A four-sided rack (raised some height from
the ground) of wood bars for holding straw in a fold-yard. e.Yks.
(Miss A.), e.Yks.1 m.Yks.1 A moveable rack, sometimes placed
on a trestle; at other times, having fixed supports. w.Yks. He
pickt five or six [recruits] aght at renks at wor az knock-kneed az
a stand heck, Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann. (1853) 43; w.Yks.5,
s.Not. (J.P.K.) Lin. Streatfeild Lin. and Danes (1884) 337.
4. A wooden frame on which fish are hung to dry.
Sc. An' hing ye up like herrin' on a hake, Allan Lilts (1874)
71; (Jam.) Sh.I. Ye sail get dem [herrings] as I get dem, uncle, an'
a haek ta Sibbie, Sh. News (Aug. 13, 1898). Bnff.1 Three pieces of
wood nailed together in the shape of a triangle and filled with
small spikes on which to hang fish.
5. That part of a spinning-wheel armed with teeth, by
which the spun thread is conducted to the ‘pirn.’
Frf. I wish you would take your arm off the haik, Barrie Tommy
(1896) 128. Lth. (Jam.); Fringe-hake, a small loom on which
females work their fringes (JAM.). Gall. Mactaggart Encycl. (1824)
259, ed. 1876. Ant. An elliptical bow of wood, the arms of which
extend in the direction of the bobbin-spindle, and have their edges
set with crooked teeth, made of iron wire, to direct the thread
equally over the spool or bobbin of the common spinning wheel,
Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.)
6. A wooden frame or rack on which cheeses are hung
to dry.
Sc. A wooden frame, suspended from the roof, containing different
shelves, for drying cheeses (Jam.). Cai.1 Abd. A hake
was frae the rigging hanging fu' O' quarter kebbocks, Ross
Helenore (1768) 83, ed. 1812.
7. An open kind of cupboard suspended from the wall.
Bnff.1
8. A slightly raised bank or wall on which bricks are
set up to dry before going into the kiln.
Glo.1 Mid. Rye straw is used by brickmakers, to cover their
hacks, Middleton View Agric. (1798) 418. w.Mid. Newly made
bricks, before being baked, are placed to dry in rows, called
‘hacks’ (W.P.M.). Sus. (F.E.S.), Wil.1 Som. Jennings Obs.
Dial. w.Eng. (1825); W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.1 The rain come
avore we'd agot time vor to cover em, and spwoiled the wole hack
o' bricks.
Hence Hackstead, sb. the place where bricks are laid
out to dry in a brick-garth.
N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 Obs. Chs.1 Acksted, a foundation of sods for the
drying wall in a brickfield.
9. pl. The bottom or hard bricks of an undried brick
wall. n.Yks. (I.W.)
10. A hatch; a half-door or hatch-door; a small gate or
wicket.
n.Cy. Grose (1790); Trans. Phil. Soc. (1858) 160; (K.); N.Cy.2
Lakel.2 Cum.2; Cum.4 An iron heck with bars about five inches
apart was fixed to the bridge, Carlisle Pat. (Aug. 31, 1894) 3.
Cum., Wm. The hatch or gate between a barn and cowhouse,
Nicolson (1677) Trans. R. Lit. Soc. (1868) IX. n.Yks.1 When
a door is made to open in two parts, the upper half which fastens
with a latch, is the Heck. The lower part fastens with a bolt
or bolts, and is sometimes called Half-heck; n.Yks.2 w.Yks.
Thoresby Lett. (1703); Hutton Tour to Caves (1781); Willan
List Wds. (1811); w.Yks.3 w.Yks.4, Lan.1, n.Lan.1, ne.Lan.1, Der.1 Lin.
Bailey (1721). Nhp.1, e.An.1 Nrf. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1787).
11. Comb. (1) Heck-door, the door between the kitchen
of a farm-house and the stable or farm-yard; (2) Heck-stake,
the door-stake or night-bar; (3) Heck-stead, the doorway; (4)
Heck-stead fat, a facetious name for water; see below; (5)
Heck-stower or Heck-staver, the portable beam across the middle
of the hatchway; (6) Heck-way, see (3).
(1) s.Sc. (Jam.) Ayr. The cattle... gen. entered by the same
door with the family,.. turning the contrary way by the heck-door
to the byre or stable, Agric. Surv. 114 (Jam.). w.Yks.2
(2, 3) n.Yks.2 (4) n.Yks.2 ‘Hecksteead fat,’ a facetious term in the
country for water; it being usual in farm-houses to keep a supply
in ‘pankins’ in the passage, or recessed behind the door. ‘If
you'll stay tea, you shall have a cake knodden wi' hecksteead fat,’
which implies a cake made of flour and water only; but in the
good nature of hospitality, the cakes turn out to be as rich as
butter and currants can make them. (5) n.Yks.2 e.Yks. Trees...
will serve for... heckstowers, Best Rur. Econ. (1641) 121. n.Lin.1
s.Lin. Two o' the heck-stavvers 's brok (T.H.R.). (6) n.Yks.2
12. Phr. to bark at the heck, to be kept waiting at the door.
Cum. (M.P.), Cum.1 Cum.4
13. The inner door between the entry and the ‘house-place’
or kitchen.
n.Cy. (J. Losh) (1783). Nhb.1 Cum. A door, half of rails, or what is
called in the south a ‘hatch,’ in old farm-houses opened from the
entry, between the mill-doors, to the hallan (M.P.). n.Yks.1 ‘Steck
t'heck, bairn,’ latch or fasten the inner door. ne.Yks.1 It blaws
cau'd; steck t'heck. e.Yks. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1788).
14. Comp. (1) Heck-door, the inner door of a house only
partly panelled and the rest latticed; (2) Heck-stead, the site
or place of the inner door between the entry and the
‘house-place’ or kitchen.
(1) N.Cy.1, Nhb.1 Cum. Linton Lake Cy. (1864) 305. (2)
n.Yks.1 We'll noo gan thruff [through] t'heck-stead inti' t'kitchen.
15. A weather-board at a barn door to keep out the rain.
Lan. You pull your faces as long as a barn door 'eck, Ellis
Pronunc. (1889) V. 356.
16. A latch.
n.Cy. Grose (1790). Wm. The girl unsneck'd the raddle heck,
Hutton Bran New Wark (1785) l. 372; When gust bi gust blew up
the heck, Whitehead Leg. (1859) 13. m.Yks.1 Steck t'heck [drop
the latch]. Steck t'door, and don't let t'heck go down. w.Yks.2
17. A kind of screen forming a passage; see below.
s.Dur. Still found in some old farm-house kitchens when the
door and fireplace both occur on one side of the room. ‘She
threshed me a-back o' t'heck.’ ‘He placed the besom-shank where
it always stood, namely, a'-back-ed-heck’ (J.E.D.). Wm. The mell-door
opened into the Heck, a narrow passage six feet long, and
leading into the house, Lonsdale Mag. (1822) III. 249; The
passage [heck] was separated from the house by a partition of old
oak, and only seldom of stone. This partition was frequently
carved and bore the date, and the builder's name; and was
denominated the heck. In houses of the most ancient date, this
heck reached to the first beam of the upper story, where a huge
octagonal post formed its termination, LONSDALE Mag. 251; Drest in a shroud
wi noiseless step Up t'heck com gliden in, Whitehead Leg. (1859)
14, ed. 1896; As dark as a heck [the unlighted passage found in
many of the older class of farm-houses] (B.K.).
18. The tail-board or movable board at the back of
a cart. Also in comp. Heck-board. Cf. hawk, sb.4
N.Cy.1, Nhb.1, Cum.4, Dur.1, s.Dur. (J.E.D.) Wm. (J.M.); (E.C.)
s.Wm. (J.A.B.), ne.Lan.1, Not.2, Nhp.1
19. A wooden grating or fence set across a stream to
catch fish or to obstruct their passage; a swinging fence
where a wall crosses a stream.
Sc. To require the said proprietors and tenants... to put
proper hecks on the tail-races of their canals, to prevent salmon
or grilse from entering them, Abd. Jrn. (Aug. 2, 1820) (Jam.).
s.Sc. Speaks o' hecks (a new invention) 'Cross dam an' ditch,
Watson Bards (1859) 53. Wgt. The Scavengers are... to keep
the syvors sunk, runners and iron hecks thereon always clear and
clean, Fraser Wigtown (1877) 81. s.Dur. (J.E.D.), Lakel.1
Cum. Sat and screecht on t'watter heck, Dickinson Cumbr. (1876)
256. e.Yks. The best and readyest way of keepinge up the water
is to set downe broade and close doore or coupelynings against
some heck or bridge, Best Rur. Econ. (1641) 18. w.Yks. Leeds
Merc. Suppl. (July 11, 1896); Lucas Stud. Nidderdale (c. 1882) Gl.
20. A shuttle in a drain. n.Lin.1
21. A hedge.
Lin. Kennett Par. Antiq. (1695); (K.) n.Lin.1 Rare. ‘It
ewsed to stan' up by yon heck yonder ageän th' beäch tree.’
[The forms in all their meanings may be referred to
OE. hec, hecc, also hæc, hæcc (Sweet). 10. Of paradys he opened
þe hekke, Minor Poems (Vernon MS.) (c. 1350) xxiv. 231.]

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HACK, sb.3 and v.2 Suf. Wil. Som. Also in form hock
Wil.1 1. sb. In Comp. Hack-horse, a hackney, roadster.
w.Som.1 Tis a useful sort of a hack-horse [aak-au·s] like, but I
'ont zay he've a-got timber 'nough vor to car you.
2. A hardworking man; a drudge. Suf. (Hall.), e.Suf.
(F.H.)
3. v. To ride on horseback along the road.
w.Som.1 I've a-knowed th' old man hack all the way to Horner,
to meet,.. and hack home again arterwards.
4. Phr. to hack about, (1) to scamper, ride hard; to give
a horse no breathing time or rest; (2) to treat a thing
carelessly, drag it through the mud.
(1) w.Som.1 Ter'ble fuller to ride; I wid'n let-n hack about no
'oss o' mine vor no money. (2) Wil.1 ‘Now dwoan't 'ee gwo
a-hocken on your new vrock about.’ The usual form in s.Wil. is
Hack-about.
5. To work hard.
e.Suf. He hacks that poor fellow dreadfully. Mind yow don't
hack yowrself to dead (F.H.).

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HACK, sb.4 Yks. e.An. [ak, æk.] Havoc, injury,
damage. Also in comp. Hackwark, and used advb.
n.Yks.2 ‘They made mair hack than mends,’ there was more
injury done than good effected. w.Yks. (J.W.) e.An.1 A flock of
sheep playing hack. Birds play hack with fruit trees. e.Suf. To
play hack, to frolic. To play hack with, to spoil, injure (F.H.).

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HACK, sb.5 e.Dur.1 Filth, dirt.
Aa canna get the hack off tha.

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HACK, v.3 ? Obs. Sc. To hawk, sell by peddling.
Edb. It's hack'd frae town to town abuse't, An' house to house,
Liddle Poems (1821) 80.
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HACK, see Hag(g, sb.2, Hake, sb.3, Heck, v.2, Howk.

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HACK, sb.1 and v.1 Lakel. Glo. 1. sb. A row of
half-made hay. Glo. (S.S.B.) See Hatch, sb.3 2. v.
Phr. (1) to hack and hassle, to shave with a blunt razor.
Lakel.2; (2) hack and hew, to attempt to mow with a blunt
scythe, Lakel.2; (3) hack dykes, to mow with a scythe the sides
of a field, where the machine cannot go. Lakel.2 3. With
in: to rake up hay into rows. Glo. (S.S.B.) 4. To
cough in a hard, dry manner, esp. in phr. hacking and
coughing. Lakel.2

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HACK, sb.2 War. Wor. Oxf. In comp. (1) Hack-caps,
light frames holding straw arranged like a light thatch,
used to cover newly-made bricks while drying on the
‘hacks’ (q.v.); (2) Hack-house, a shed for opening up newly-made
bricks to the air. See Hack, sb.2 8.
(1) War.3 Wor. The flames reached some hack-caps, Evesham
Jrn. (Sept. 14, 1902). (2) Oxf. (C.F.H.J.)

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HACK, v.2 Sc. Of the stomach: to loathe, turn
against. Cf. hawk, v.1
Abd. Gar him live upo' saut herrin' an' frostit taties till the verra
guts o'm hack again, W. Watson Auld Lang Syne (1903) 91.

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‡HACKING, prp. Som. In phr. hacking and heeding,
throwing up earth in ridges by ploughing or hoeing, and
harrowing in the seed. See Hack, v.1 22, Heal, v.2 4.
The practice of hacking and heeling for wheat, Young Annals
Agric. (1784-1815) XXX. 354; (G.E.D.)

Lever la terre en crêtes par labour ou binage, et enfouir les graines en hersant
La pratique du « hacking and heeling » pour le blé
Annals of agriculture, and other useful arts. Collected and published by Arthur Young

Source : The Licensed Traders' Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in Connection with Their Calling and in ... by Albert B. Deane , Licensed Victuallers ' Central Protection Society of London Publication date 1903