Definition of hackle

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Hackle (v. t.) To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel..

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Hackle :: Hackle (v. t.) To tear asunder; to break in pieces.
Palmer :: Palmer (n.) Short for Palmer fly, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle..
Shacklock :: Shacklock (n.) A sort of shackle.
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Hence, that which checks or prevents free action..
Unshackle :: Unshackle (v. t.) To loose from shackles or bonds; to set free from restraint; to unfetter.
Loose :: Loose (a.) To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars..
Ramshackle :: Ramshackle (a.) Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.
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..
Iron :: Iron (v. t.) To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
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..
Manacle :: Manacle (v. t.) To put handcuffs or other fastening upon, for confining the hands; to shackle; to confine; to restrain from the use of the limbs or natural powers..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) Stubble.
Gyve :: Gyve (v. t.) To fetter; to shackle; to chain.
Ramshackle :: Ramshackle (v. t.) To search or ransack; to rummage.
Trammel :: Trammel (n.) A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.
Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain..
Hackle :: Hackle (n.) An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers..
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..
Hackled :: Hackled (imp. & p. p.) of Hackl.
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