What is to separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel called?
hackle — To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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