| Hatchel (hatchel) |
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| n. | (- l; 277) |
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| Hatch"el |
| [OE.
hechele, hekele; akin to D. hekel, G.
hechel, Dan. hegle, Sw. häkla, and prob. to
E. hook. See Hook, and cf. Hackle,
Heckle.] |
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.
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| Hatchel (hatchel) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Hatch"el |
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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.
To tease; to worry; to torment.
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