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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hatchel \Hatch"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hatcheled} or {Hatchelled}; p. pr & vb n. {Hatcheling} or {Hatchelling}.] [OE. hechelen hekelen akin to D. hekelen G. hecheln Dan. hegle, Sw h["a]kla. See {Hatchel}, n.] 1. 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 2. To tease; to worry; to torment. [Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hatchel \Hatch"el\ (?; 277), n. [OE. hechele hekele akin to D. hekel, G. hechel, Dan. hegle, Sw h["a]kla, and prob. to E. hook. See {Hook}, and cf {Hackle}, {Heckle}.] 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hatchel v : comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax" [syn: {heckle}, {hackle}]
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