Hackle

[Hac·kle]

Long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants

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A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.

Noun
long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants

Verb
comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax"

n.
A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.

n.
Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.

n.
One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used.

n.
An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.

v. t.
To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.

v. t.
To tear asunder; to break in pieces.

Hackle

Hac"kle , n. [See Heckle, and cf. Hatchel.] 1. A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel. 2. Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk. 3. One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used. 4. An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.

Hackle

Hac"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hackled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hackling .] 1. To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel. 2. To tear asunder; to break in pieces.

The other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to pieces.

A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.

To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.

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