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   hackle

   /ˈhakl/

   noun

   • 1. erectile hairs along an animal's back, which rise when it is angry or alarmed: "the dog continued to growl, its hackles raised"
   • 2. a long, narrow feather on the neck or saddle of a domestic cock or other bird.
   • ▪ a feather wound around a fishing fly so that its filaments are splayed out.
   • ▪ fly-fishing feathers collectively: "raising birds for hackle"
   • ▪ a bunch of feathers in a military headdress, for example of a regiment of fusiliers or the Black Watch.
   • 3. a steel comb for dressing flax.

   verb

   • 1. dress or comb (flax) with a hackle: "taking each section separately the student should lightly hackle the extreme ends"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in hackle (sense 2 of the noun)): variant of hatchel.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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