hackle
Definition of hackle:
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part of speech: noun
An iron- spiked comb or machine for dressing flax, raw silk, or any flimsy substance; a fly for angling, dressed with feathers or silk.
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part of speech: noun
An instrument with hooks or iron teeth for sorting hemp or flax: any flimsy substance unspun: a feather in a cock's neck: a hook and fly for angling, dressed with this feather.
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part of speech: verb
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part of speech: noun
A board set with iron teeth used for separating the finer parts of hemp and flax from the coarser; a large sort of comb.
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part of speech: verb
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