Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HATCH'EL
HATCH'EL, v.t.
- To draw flax or hemp through the teeth of a hatchel, for separating the coarse part and broken pieces of the stalk from the fine fibrous parts.
- To tease or vex, by sarcasms or reproaches; a vulgar use of the word.
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