Hatchel

  • 71keg-, keng- and kek-, kenk- —     keg , keng and kek , kenk     English meaning: hook, grappling hook. handle     Deutsche Übersetzung: “Pflock zum Aufhängen, Haken, Henkel”; also ‘spitz sein”     Note: compare das similar k̂ak , k̂ank ; and k̂enk , k̂onk     Material: Pers.… …

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  • 72hackle — ► NOUN 1) (hackles) hairs along an animal s back which rise when it is angry or alarmed. 2) a long, narrow feather on the neck or saddle of a domestic cock or other bird. 3) a steel comb for dressing flax. ● make someone s hackles rise Cf. ↑make… …

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  • 73hack — hack1 [hak] vt. [ME hacken < OE haccian, akin to Ger hacken < IE base * keg , peg, hook > HOOK, HATCHEL] 1. a) to chop or cut crudely, roughly, or irregularly, as with a hatchet b) to shape, trim, damage, etc. with or as with rough,… …

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  • 74hackles — noun a feeling of anger and animosity having one s hackles or dander up • Syn: ↑dander • Hypernyms: ↑anger, ↑choler, ↑ire * * * hackles [ˈhæklz] [ˈhæklz] …

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  • 75ébauchoir — |ā(ˌ)bōsh|wär noun ( s) Etymology: French, from ébaucher : a chisel used to roughhew sculpture * * * ‖ ebauchoir [F. ébauchoir, f. ébaucher to sketch in outline.] a. A large chisel used by sculptors to rough hew their work. b. A large hatch …

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  • 76flax comb — noun : hackle 1 * * * flax comb, an instrument for cleansing and straightening flax fibers; hatchel …

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  • 77hatch´el|ler — hatch|el «HACH uhl», noun, verb, eled, el|ing or (especially British) elled, el|ling. –n. a comb used in cleaning flax or hemp. –v.t. 1. to comb (flax or hemp) with a hatchel. 2. Figurative. to annoy; torment. Also …

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  • 78hatch´el|er — hatch|el «HACH uhl», noun, verb, eled, el|ing or (especially British) elled, el|ling. –n. a comb used in cleaning flax or hemp. –v.t. 1. to comb (flax or hemp) with a hatchel. 2. Figurative. to annoy; torment. Also …

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  • 79hatch|el — «HACH uhl», noun, verb, eled, el|ing or (especially British) elled, el|ling. –n. a comb used in cleaning flax or hemp. –v.t. 1. to comb (flax or hemp) with a hatchel. 2. Figurative. to annoy; torment. Also …

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  • 80heck´ler — heck|le «HEHK uhl», verb, led, ling, noun. –v.t. 1. to interrupt and annoy (as a speaker or performer) by asking bothersome questions, jeering, or making loud remarks: »[The] M.P. for the Exchange division of Liverpool…after being rejected, was… …

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