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hackle

Part of Speech: noun

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            1.                                             A                                                           comb                                                         for                                                         dressing                                                         flax,                                                         raw                                                         silk,                                                           etc.;                                                           a                                                         hatchel.                                    

            2.                                           Any                                                         flimsy                                                           substance                                                           unspun,                                                         as                                                         raw                                                         silk.                                    

            3.                                           An                                                         artificial                                                         fly                                                         for                                                         angling,                                                         made                                                         of                                                           feathers.                                    

            4.                                           One                                                         of                                                         the                                                         peculiar,                                                         long,                                                         narrow                                                           feathers                                                         on                                                         the                                                         neck                                                         of                                                         fowls,                                                         most                                                         noticeable                                                         on                                                         the                                                           cock, -                                                         often                                                         used                                                         in                                                         making                                                         artificial                                                         flies;                                                         hence,                                                         any                                                         feather                                                           so                                                         used.                                    
Part of Speech: verb transitive

            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.                                    

            2.                                           To                                                         tear                                                         asunder;                                                         to                                                         break                                                         in                                                           pieces.

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Shemuel's horse, a sleek, weasel- bellied animal, with a wicked eye and a bunch o' hackle for a tail, swung round in the water, slinging the little Jew on his face in the mud, and then, with a vicious squeal, flung up his heels and cantered off, scattering a company of marines drawn up a hundred yards down the shore. - "Cardigan", Robert W. Chambers.
If he made up his mind that he would have her, he must go armed with all implements, from the red hackle to the harpoon. - "The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.", Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist).
The body is a furnace hackle, tied palmer; tail of barred wood- duck feather; wing snow- white, to which is added a blue cheek. - "Fly Fishing in Wonderland", Klahowya.

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