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Hackle is Dorset slang for work.
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n.
A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.
n.
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.
n.
A bunch of hackled flax prepared for drawing into slivers.
imp. & p. p.
of Hackle
p. pr. & vb. n.
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v. t.
To tear asunder; to break in pieces.
n.
Short for Palmer fly, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle.
n.
Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.
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.
n.
An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.
n. & v. t.
Same as Hackle.
v. t.
To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
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.
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