| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Rough or broken, as if hacked.[Websters]
2. Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as, the hackly fracture of metallic iron.[Websters]. | |
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Date "HACKLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HACKLY
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Rough; broken as if hacked. In mineralogy, having fine,short,and sharp points on the surface; as a hackly fracture.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Mining | The property shown by certain minerals or rocks of fracturing or breaking along jagged surfaces, e.g., broken iron. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adjective] Jagged or rough. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: HACKLY
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Hackly fracture | Mining | A mineral's habit of breaking along jagged, irregular surfaces with sharp edges. (references) | |
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