Found 2 items, similar to hatchel.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hatchel
hatchel
n : a comb for separating flax fibers [syn:
heckle]
v : comb with a heckle;
“heckle hemp or flax” [syn:
heckle,
hackle]
[also:
hatchelling,
hatchelled]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hatchel
Hatchel
\Hatch"el\ (-[e^]l; 277), n. [OE. hechele, hekele; akin
to D. hekel, G. hechel, Dan. hegle, Sw. h["a]kla, 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
\Hatch"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Hatcheled or
Hatchelled (-[e^]ld); p. pr. & vb. n.
Hatcheling or
Hatchelling.] [OE. hechelen, hekelen; akin to D. hekelen,
G. hecheln, Dan. hegle, Sw. h["a]kla. See
Hatchel, n.]
1. 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.
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2. To tease; to worry; to torment. [Colloq.]
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