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Definition of: hatchel
(hach′əl) noun
An implement for cleaning flax or hemp, consisting of a set of teeth fastened in a board: also hackle.
—v.t. hatch·eled or ·elled, hatch·el·ing or ·el·ling
1. To comb or clean with a hatchel, as flax or hemp: also hackle.
2. Rare To irritate; heckle. [ME hechele]
—hatch′el·er, hatch′el·ler noun
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