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Meanings of hackle in English

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Tool with sharp metal teeth used in heckling flax or other bast fibers.

Usage of hackle in English
1
Olive Blue,-featherof Starling's wing, body light olive silk, and red hackle.
The Teesdale Angler
2
Light Blue,-insideof Snipe's wing,-bodylight Drab silk,-tail and legs grizzled hackle.
The Teesdale Angler
3
I felt a hackle-raising vibration, in the vicinity of my eardrums.
The Great Book of Amber
4
You're a cock of a different hackle from old Heale, then.
Two Years Ago, Volume I
5
Cinnamon Fly,-featherfrom Landrail,-orangeand straw coloured silk for body,-ginger hackle for legs.
The Teesdale Angler
6
Light Blue,-insideof Snipe's wing,-lightdrab silk for body,-legs and tail grizzled hackle.
The Teesdale Angler
7
Blue Midge,-featherof Waterhen's neck,-leadcoloured silk for body, grizzled hackle for legs.
The Teesdale Angler
8
Light Olive Blue,-Dottrel'swing,-bodypale white French silk,-legs and tail pale blue hackle.
The Teesdale Angler
9
There too is the hackle which is the old device of the De Brays.
The White Company
10
Kills well with hackle when the water is slightly discoloured.
The Teesdale Angler
11
Body greenish herl of Peacock,-ribbedwith gold tinsel,-wraptwith red silk,-red hackle over all.
The Teesdale Angler
12
Dark Grey Midge,-wingsdark grey feather of a Partridge,-bodybrown silk,-legs grey Partridge hackle.
The Teesdale Angler
13
House Fly,-lark'squill feather,-lightbrown silk,-ribbed with dark Ostrich herl for body,-legs grizzled hackle.
The Teesdale Angler
14
The phrase is possibly derived from 'hackle', an instrument used in the breaking of flax.
The Poems of Sidney Lanier
15
The hackle should be Landrail, or a Mallard's feather dyed yellow, the latter for choice.
The Teesdale Angler
16
Dark Blue,-featherfrom Waterhen inside the wing,-reddishbrown silk for body,-legs and tail brown hackle.
The Teesdale Angler
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