[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hatchel \hatch"el\ -e^l; 277, n. oe. hechele, hekele; akin
   to d. hekel, g. hechel, dan. hegle, sw. haumkla, 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.
   1913 webster
see also:
hook hackle heckle hackle heckle 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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. haumkla. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to tease; to worry; to torment. colloq.
      1913 webster
see also:
hatcheled hatchelled hatcheling hatchelling hatchel 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
heckle hackle hatchelling hatchelled 

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