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Definition of Hatchel
1. Noun. A comb for separating flax fibers.
2. Verb. Comb with a heckle. "Heckle hemp or flax"
Definition of Hatchel
1. n. 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.
2. v. t. 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.
Definition of Hatchel
1. to separate flax fibers with a comb [v -ELED, -ELING, -ELS or -ELLED, -ELLING, -ELS]
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