hackle
hackle is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.
- 2.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.
- 3.An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.
- 4.To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
- 5.To tear asunder; to break in pieces. The other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to pieces. Burke.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is an artificial fly for angling, made of feathers called?
- 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?
- What is to tear asunder; to break in pieces. The other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to pieces. Burke called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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