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hackled

verb as in chop

verb as in comb

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Example Sentences

June Dun—a feather from Dottrel's back, hackled on a body of blue Rabbit's fur and drab silk, dun hackle for legs.

When sufficiently beaten it is dried, and needs no other preparation, until it is hackled and spun into yarn for weaving.

I'm not at all sure that humanity oughtn't to be hackled like weeds, and so toughen its hold on life.

The 'gator was taken with a "fly" tied on a shark-hook, the hackled body being a squirrel's tail, with wings of a small seagull.

The line, after it is hackled, is placed on a spread board; and the process is called spreading.

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On this page you'll find 148 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hackled, such as: chop, crack, hack, nick, splinter, and whack.

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

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