Definitions for: Hatchel


[v] comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax"



Webster (1913) Definition: Hatch"el (?; 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.


Hatch"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hatcheled or
Hatchelled; 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.

2. To tease; to worry; to torment. [Colloq.]

Synonyms: hackle, heckle

See Also: comb

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