Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HACK'LE
HACK'LE, v.t. [G. hecheln; D. hekelen. This is a dialectical variation of hatchel, hetchel.]
- To comb flax or hemp; to separate the coarse part of these substances from the fine, by drawing them through the teeth of a hatchel.
- To tear asunder. Burke.
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