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1 definition 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.]
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