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hackle

noun as in hack

verb as in chop

verb as in comb

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The idea of legislation that affects only Mountain Valley Pipeline is raising hackles, but anything written broadly enough to include other projects might garner resistance from companies satisfied with their local appellate courts.

Robin and I just had to plow through and keep our hackles up.

From Time

The White Palmer—dubbed with white peacock's harl, and a black hackle over it.

The Black Palmer—dubbed with black copper coloured peacock's harl, and a black cock's hackle over that, wings, blackbird.

The Harry Longlegs—dubbed with darkish brown hair, and a brown hackle over it, head rather large.

White Moth—strands from an Ostrich, wings from a white Pigeon, a white hackle for legs, and a black head.

The Cad bait, with a little hackle round the top of the shank of the hook, kills well.

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On this page you'll find 163 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hackle, such as: chop, clip, fell, gash, hew, and lacerate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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