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Webster 1913 Edition
Hatchel
Hatch′el
(-ĕl; 277)
, Noun.
[OE.
hechele
, hekele
; akin to D. hekel
, G. hechel
, Dan. hegle
, Sw. häkla
, 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
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hatcheled
or Hatchelled
(-ĕld)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hatcheling
or Hatchelling
.] [OE. ]
hechelen
, hekelen
; akin to D. hekelen
, G. hecheln
, Dan. hegle
, Sw. häkla
. See Hatchel
, Noun.
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.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Hatchel
HATCH'EL
,Noun.
HATCH'EL
,Verb.
T.
1.
To tease or vex, by sarcasms or reproaches; a vulgar use of the word.Definition 2024
hatchel
hatchel
English
Alternative forms
Noun
hatchel (plural hatchels)
- A comb used to separate flax fibers.
- 1864, George Ripley and Charles Anderson Dana [eds.], The New American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge VII: “Edward–Fueros” (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 443 & 445 Broadway; London: 16 Little Britain), ‘Flax’, page 554
- One end of the bundle being hatchelled, it is turned round, and the other is treated in the same way; and the process is repeated on finer hatchels.
- 1864, George Ripley and Charles Anderson Dana [eds.], The New American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge VII: “Edward–Fueros” (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 443 & 445 Broadway; London: 16 Little Britain), ‘Flax’, page 554
Verb
hatchel (third-person singular simple present hatchels, present participle hatchelling or hatcheling, simple past and past participle hatchelled or hatcheled)
- (transitive) To separate (flax fibers) with a hatchel, or comb.