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Hackle

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heckleverb(transitive) To insult, tease, make fun of or badger, especially during a comedy performance.
hatchelnounA comb used to separate flax fibers.

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hatchelnounA comb used to separate flax fibers.
hecklenounAn rude interruption during a show, especially a comedy performance
pliersnounA pincer-like gripping tool that multiplies the strength of the user's hand, often used for bending things.
grizzlenounGrey hair.
dunnoun(countable) A collector of debts, especially one who is insistent and demanding.
flaxcombnounA hackle, a toothed instrument for cleaning the fibres of flax.
hecklingnounThe act of one who heckles.
stricknounA flat piece of wood used for levelling off grain in a measure; a strickle.
stricklenounA rod used to level off heaped grain etc. when being measured, or concrete after pouring.
oakumnounFibres chiefly obtained by untwisting old rope, which are used to caulk or pack gaps between boards of wooden ships and joints in masonry and plumbing, and sometimes for dressing wounds.
brakenounA device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, usually by friction (although other resistive forces, such as electromagnetic fields or aerodynamic drag, can also be used); also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.
swinglenoun(textiles) An implement used to separate the fibres of flax by beating them; a scutch.
haspnounA clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.
tewtawnoun(obsolete) A tool for beating flax.
hardsnounThe short coarser fibers of flax or hemp; tow.
healdnoun(weaving) Heddle.
spreadernounAn object or person who spreads.
gillnoun(zootomy) A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
hocklenoun(Geordie, vulgar) spit, spittle
hack-ironnounA miner's pickax or hack.

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