| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Present participle | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb hackle.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (hackle) | 1. Comb with a heckle.[Wordnet]. 2. To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.[Websters]. 3. To tear asunder; to break in pieces.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: hackling, hackled, hackles, hackler, hacklers, hacklingly and hackledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "HACKLING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HACKLING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Industry | A combing process for scutched flax; the short fibers, neps and foreign matter are removed, and the remaining fiber is straightened and separated (BTM). Source: European Union. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: hackle
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Black Hackle | The Black Hackle originated as a Scottish tradition to wear a black feather in your hat to signify you have an ongoing quarrel with someone. (references) | ||
| Saddle hackle | A long narrow feather on the back (saddle) of a domestic fowl. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: hackle | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Hackle | 17 | Black Hackle | 3 | |
| Oplan HACKLE | 3 | Hackle | 17 | |
| Black Hackle | 3 | Hackle (alternative meanings) | 2 | |
| Hackle (alternative meanings) | 2 | Oplan HACKLE | 3 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
