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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
hackle
    n 1: long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and
         pheasants
    v 1: comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax" [syn: heckle,
         hackle, hatchel]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hackle \hac"kle\ (h[a^]k"k'l), n. [See Heckle, and cf.
   Hatchel.]
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   1. A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.
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   2. Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.
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   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.
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   4. An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hackle \Hac"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hackled (h[a^]k"k'ld);
   p. pr. & vb. n. Hackling (h[a^]k"kl[i^]ng).]
   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.
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   2. To tear asunder; to break in pieces.
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            The other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and
            torn to pieces.                       --Burke.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hatchel \Hatch"el\ (-[e^]l; 277), n. [OE. hechele, hekele; akin
   to D. hekel, G. hechel, Dan. hegle, Sw. h[aum]kla, and prob.
   to E. hook. See Hook, and cf. Hackle, Heckle.]
   An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for
   cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a
   kind of large comb; -- called also hackle and heckle.
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Thesaurus Results for Hackle:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
card, comb, covert, crest, curry, feather, feathers, hack, haggle, hatchel, heckle, mail, panache, pinion, plumage, plume, plumule, quill, rake, scapular, slash, speculum, topknot, tuft
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