About The Word Hackle
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Hackle
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What's The Definition Of Hackle?
[n] long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants
[v] comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax" Synonyms | Synonyms for Hackle: hatchel | heckle Related Terms | Find terms related to Hackle: card | comb | covert | crest | curry | feather | feathers | hack | haggle | hatchel | heckle | mail | panache | pinion | plumage | plume | plumule | quill | rake | scapular | slash | speculum | topknot | tuft See Also | comb | feather | plumage | plume | saddle feather | saddle hackle Hackle In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. --Burke. |
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