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1. (n.) hackle
the neck plumage of a male bird, as the domestic rooster.
2. hackle
hackles,
3. hackle
the erectile hair on the back of an animal's neck.
4. hackle
anger, esp. when aroused in a challenging or challenged manner:
with one's hackles up.
5. hackle
Angling.
6. hackle
the legs of an artificial fly made with feathers from the neck or saddle of a rooster or other such bird.
7. hackle
one of the feathers in such a fly.
8. hackle
a comb for dressing flax or hemp.
9. (v.t.) hackle
to comb, as flax or hemp.
10. (v.t.) hackle
to cut roughly; hack; mangle.
Etymology: (1570–80; hack1+ -le ; c. MD hakkelen)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) hackle
long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants
2. (verb) heckle, hackle, hatchel
comb with a heckle
"heckle hemp or flax"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Hackle
a comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel
2. (noun) Hackle
any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk
3. (noun) Hackle
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. (noun) Hackle
an artificial fly for angling, made of feathers
5. (verb) 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
6. (verb) Hackle
to tear asunder; to break in pieces
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