| Definition of 'hatchel' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) hatchel, heckle
a comb for separating flax fibers
2. (verb) heckle, hackle, hatchel
comb with a heckle
"heckle hemp or flax"
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| Definition of 'hatchel' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) hatchel
an instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; -- called also hackle and heckle
2. (noun) hatchel
to draw through the teeth of a hatchel, as flax or hemp, so as to separate the coarse and refuse parts from the fine, fibrous parts
3. (noun) hatchel
to tease; to worry; to torment
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