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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hek(k)illit, Heklit, adj. and ppl. adj. Also: hekklit, hecklit, hekelit, haicklit. [f. Hekkil(l n. and v.]

1. Having a border or fringe like a cock's hackle. a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 244.
His hude was reid, heklit atouir his croun Id. Fab. 1344.
His hude … On hekillit wyis, vntill his girdill doun c1475 Wall. vi. 456.
The gown and hois … , The hude heklyt c1550 Lynd. Test. Meldrum 128.
Duill weidis … , With huidis heklit doun ouirthort thair ene 15.. Lichtoun Dreme 291.
Ane heklit hud maid of the wyld wode sege 1583 Edinb. Test. XIII. 45.
Ane pair of hekkillit cloikis 1587 Ib. XVII. 117.
Ane womanis hecklit clok begareit with veluot 1610 Calderwood VII. 55.
All their robs … were of Londoun cloath … , with the fashioun of an heckled cloke from the shoulder to the middle

2. ppl. a. Having been combed with a hackle, dressed, hackled. 1521 Fife Sheriff Ct. 222.
Ane certane of heklyt lynt 1537 Acta Conc. & Sess. MS. IX. 81.
xxvj stane of lint heklit & vnheklit 1573 Edinb. Test. III. 30 b.
Ane stane of hekkillit hempt, … ane stane of twyis hekkillit lint 1609 Ib. XLV. 97.
Certane remanis of lint hecklit & vnhecklit 1611 Inverness Rec. II. 85.
Twenty four peicis of haicklit lint 1646 Aberd. Council Lett. III. 40.
Ane stand heklit lint