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Same as Hackle.

That can not be checked or restrained.

removing the woody portion of flax from the fibrous. -- Flax comb, a hatchel, hackle, or heckle. -- Flax cotton, the fiber of flax, reduced by steeping in bicarbinate of soda and acidulated liquids, and prepared for bleaching and spinning like cotton. Knight. -- Flax dresser, one who breaks and swingles flax, or pre…

hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; -- called also hackle and heckle.