Hackle

['hæk(ə)l]

Definition

(noun.) long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants.

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Definition

(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.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Cut (clumsily), hew, chop, hack, haggle.[2]. Hatchel, dress (flax).

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Definition

n. an instrument with iron teeth for sorting hemp or flax: any flimsy substance unspun: a feather in a cock's neck: part of the dressing of a fly-hook used by anglers.—v.t. to dress with a hackle as flax: to tear rudely asunder.—n. Hack′ler a flax-dresser heckler.—adj. Hack′ly rough and broken as if hacked or chopped: (min.) covered with sharp points.

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