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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hackle \hac"kle\, v. t. imp. p. p. hackled ha^k"k'ld;
p. pr. vb. n. hackling ha^k"kli^ng.
1. to separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the
fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or
hatchel.
1913 webster
2. to tear asunder; to break in pieces.
1913 webster
the other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and
torn to pieces. --burke.
1913 webster
see also:
hackled hackling
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