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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hech, n. Also: het(s)ch; hich, hych. [ME. he(c)ch(e, hetch(e, OE. hec(c, more commonly hæc(c, Hach n.] Plur. The hatches (of a ship). (Found only in Douglas, sometimes rendering L. transtra.) — 1513 Doug. i. iii. 18.
The aris, hechis, and the takillis brast Ib. iii. v. 13.
To sit down on hechis [R. hetchis] Ib. x. xi. 129.
Thydder [sc. to the ship] went this … schaddo of Ene, … And hyd hyr dern vndre hychis [R. vnder the hichis] tharin