hackled
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Definitions
verb
- To dress (flax or hemp) with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning.
- To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
- To tear asunder; to break into pieces.
adjective
- (in combination) Having a hackle or feather of a specified kind.“a large-hackled fly”
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