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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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..
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..
Hackled :: Hackled (imp. & p. p.) of Hackl.
Hamper :: Hamper (n.) A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
Hackle :: Hackle (v. t.) To tear asunder; to break in pieces.
Coupler :: Coupler (n.) One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars..
Bolt :: Bolt (n.) An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
Trammel :: Trammel (v. t.) To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
Manacle :: Manacle (n.) A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.
Loose :: Loose (a.) To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
Palmer :: Palmer (n.) Short for Palmer fly, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle..
Fetter :: Fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.) To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.
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..
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..
Ramshackle :: Ramshackle (a.) Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.
Dub :: Dub (v. t.) To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles..
Jew''s-harp :: Jew's-harp (n.) The shackle for joining a chain cable to an anchor.
Trammel :: Trammel (n.) Fig.: Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, as a net or shackle..
Ramshackle :: Ramshackle (v. t.) To search or ransack; to rummage.
Hackle :: Hackle (n.) Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk..
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