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▪ I. hech, int. Sc.|hɛx, hɛç|
[Sc. form of heigh.]
An exclamation expressive of various feelings, chiefly of surprise, sorrow, or fatigue.
1777–1808J. Mayne Siller Gun i. 113 Hech, sirs! what crowds were gather'd roun'. 1816Scott Antiq. xliv, Hech, sirs! guide us a'! to burn the engines? that's a great waste. 1823W. Tennant Cdl. Beaton 171 (Jam.) Hech, man! is that possible? 1871C. Gibbon Lack of Gold i, Hech, sirs, but it's a sorry thing to come to this pass.
Hence hech v., to utter the exclamation hech!
c1750Mary Hamilton xiii. in Child Ballads (1889) III. vi. clxxiii. 392 Monie a lady fair Siching and crying, Och how!.. What need ye hech and how, ladies? What need ye how for me?
▪ II. hech
Sc. var. high a.
▪ III. hech
obs. form of each.
1297R. Glouc. (1724) 240 Seynt Peter..tormented hym sore ynou, þat hech lyme hym oke. |