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Definition of Hackling
1. hackle [v] - See also: hackle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hackling
Literary usage of Hackling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Textiles by Paul Henry Nystrom (1916)
"hackling.—The fiber is now ready for hackling or combing. ... hackling demands
much skill. An inexperienced person would be likely to make two serious ..."
2. Annual Reportby New York (State), Bureau of Statistics, Dept. of Labor by New York (State), Bureau of Statistics, Dept. of Labor (1907)
"Provided that in the case of all rooms in which roughing or hand-hackling is now
carried on, and in which there is respectively (a) no system of local ..."
3. Modern Flax, Hemp and Jute Spinning and Twisting: A Practical Handbook for by Herbert R. Carter (1907)
"Large pieces mean cheap but imperfect hackling, while small pieces raise the cost
of hackling but produce superior line under ordinary conditions. ..."
4. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The whole operations in yarn manufacture comprise (i) hackling, (a) preparing
... The hackling process was originally performed by hand, and it was one of ..."
5. Industrial and Personal Hygiene by George Martin Kober (1908)
"the processes named above are carried on, and to all workshops in which the
processes of roughing, sorting, or hand-hackling of flax or tow are carried on. ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... and ''drawing" quality under hackling and spinning treatments. FIG. ia.—SECTION
OF HAND-MADE PAPER. ..."
7. Tuscan Cities by William Dean Howells (1885)
"cried the hunch hackling, passionately. " I have promised," I falter. " One must
keep one's promises, no ?" . " Oh, you are right, you are right," said the ..."
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