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hackle (iou)



hackle verb3 trans. L17.
[from HACKLE noun2. Cf. HECKLE verb.]
Dress or comb (flax or hemp) with a hackle, in preparation for spinning. L17.
Angling. Dress (a fly) with a hackle. Chiefly as hackled ppl adjective. M19.
Dress (hair) in wig-making. M20.
hackler noun a flax-dresser M18.