Definition of Hackly

1. a. Rough or broken, as if hacked.

Definition of Hackly

1. Adjective. Jagged or rough. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hackly

1. jagged [adj -LIER, -LIEST] - See also: jagged

Medical Definition of Hackly

1. 1. Rough or broken, as if hacked. 2. Having fine, short, and sharp points on the surface; as, the hackly fracture of metallic iron. Origin: From Hackle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hackly

hackingly
hackings
hackish
hackishly
hackle
hackleback
hackled
hackler
hacklers
hackles
hacklet
hacklets
hacklier
hackliest
hackling
hackly (current term)
hackman
hackmatack
hackmatacks
hackmen
hackney
hackney cab
hackney cabs
hackney carriage
hackney coach
hackneyed
hackneying
hackneyman
hackneymen
hackneys

Literary usage of Hackly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"The Refining of the Coarse hackly Fracture.—The correspondence which we have just noted between the coarseness of the ferrite masses and that of the ..."

2. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1913)
"m Brown hackly shale predominating with gray and brown i^'jS 5= <~.3 ... 18.5 4113 Interbedded hackly brown and green shale with thin beds of flaggy ..."

3. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1913)
"isc « % Si-0 eg 3 a — •* .5 _5 ° r"'ir^ H <"SJs Brown hackly shale predominating with gray and brown interbedded sandstone ..."

4. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1879)
"113 0 hackly sandstone, small marl pockets. 97 0 Dark shaley sandstone, ... 237 0 hackly sandstone. 268 0 Grey marly parting, resembling those in the water ..."

5. County Reports and Maps: Jefferson, Berkeley and Morgan Counties by George Perry Grimsley (1916)
"6 Green hackly shale and thin beds of fine-grained green sandstone. ... becoming gradually more hackly above with Spirifer mucronatus var. ..."

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