Definition of hackle

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Hackle (n.) Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk..

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Unbind :: Unbind (v. t.) To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load..
Hackle :: Hackle (n.) 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..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.
Manacle :: Manacle (n.) A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.
Jew''s-harp :: Jew's-harp (n.) The shackle for joining a chain cable to an anchor.
Fetter :: Fetter (n.) A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle..
Pastern :: Pastern (n.) A shackle for horses while pasturing.
Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
Hackle :: Hackle (n.) Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Hence, that which checks or prevents free action..
Fetter :: Fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.) To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.
Hamper :: Hamper (v. t.) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber..
Hackle :: Hackle (n.) A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain..
Bond :: Bond (n.) That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle..
Trammel :: Trammel (n.) A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.
Wear :: Wear (v. t.) To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle..
Bolt :: Bolt (n.) An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
Unshackle :: Unshackle (v. t.) To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter.
Shackled :: Shackled (imp. & p. p.) of Shackl.
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