hatchel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hatchel	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for hatchel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hatchel n a comb for separating flax fibers [syn: hatchel, heckle] v comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax" [syn: heckle, hackle, hatchel]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hatchel \Hatch"el\ (?; 277), n. [OE. hechele, hekele; akin to D. hekel, G. hechel, Dan. hegle, Sw. h[84]kla, and prob. to E. hook. See {Hook}, and cf. {Hackle}, {Heckle}.] An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; -- called also {hackle} and {heckle}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hatchel \Hatch"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hatcheled} or {Hatchelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hatcheling} or {Hatchelling}.] [OE. hechelen, hekelen; akin to D. hekelen, G. hecheln, Dan. hegle, Sw. h[84]kla. See {Hatchel}, n.] 1. To draw through the teeth of a hatchel, as flax or hemp, so as to separate the coarse and refuse parts from the fine, fibrous parts. 2. To tease; to worry; to torment. [Colloq.]