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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Heckle \Hec"kle\, v. t. To interrogate, or ply with questions, esp. with severity or antagonism, as a candidate for the ministry. Robert bore heckling, however, with great patience and adroitness. --Mrs. Humphry Ward. 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Heckle \Hec"kle\, n. & v. t. Same as {Hackle}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: heckle v 1: comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax" [syn: {hackle}, {hatchel}] 2: challenge aggressively [syn: {harass}]
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