Meaning of HACKLE in English

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Meaning of HACKLE in English

• A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.
• Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.
• 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.
• An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.
• To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
• To tear asunder; to break in pieces.

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