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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.
An instrument formed with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleaning flax or hemp from the tow, hards or coarse part. The hatchel is a large species of comb.

HATCH'EL

,
Verb.
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.
1.
To tease or vex, by sarcasms or reproaches; a vulgar use of the word.

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