- 1. n. 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. 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. Source: opted
- 3. n. To tease; to worry; to torment. Source: opted
- 4. n. a comb for separating flax fibers Source: wordnet
- 5. v. comb with a heckle Source: wordnet
- 6. 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. 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. 2. To tease; to worry; to torment. [Colloq.] Source: webster
- 7. An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, forcleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind oflarge comb; -- called also hackle and heckle. Source: adambom
- 8. n. a comb for separating flax fibers Source: ecdict
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