Definition of hackle

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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..

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Ramshackle :: Ramshackle (a.) Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.
Shackled :: Shackled (imp. & p. p.) of Shackl.
Hackled :: Hackled (imp. & p. p.) of Hackl.
Unfetter :: Unfetter (v. t.) To loose from fetters or from restraint; to unchain; to unshackle; to liberate; as, to unfetter the mind..
Palmer :: Palmer (n.) Short for Palmer fly, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle..
Trammel :: Trammel (n.) A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.
Manacle :: Manacle (n.) A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.
Hamshackle :: Hamshackle (v. t.) To fasten (an animal) by a rope binding the head to one of the fore legs; as, to hamshackle a horse or cow; hence, to bind or restrain; to curb..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Something which confines the legs or arms so as to prevent their free motion; specifically, a ring or band inclosing the ankle or wrist, and fastened to a similar shackle on the other leg or arm, or to something else, by a chain or a strap; a gyve; a fetter..
Empty :: Empty (superl.) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles..
Gyve :: Gyve (n.) A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter..
Hackle :: Hackle (n.) A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel..
Pastern :: Pastern (n.) A shackle for horses while pasturing.
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..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.
Coupler :: Coupler (n.) One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars..
Hamper :: Hamper (n.) A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
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..
Loose :: Loose (a.) To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
Wearer :: Wearer (n.) One who wears or carries as appendant to the body; as, the wearer of a cloak, a sword, a crown, a shackle, etc..
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