2. To tear asunder; to break in pieces.
[1913 Webster]
The other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to pieces. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Hackled orb-weaver — Taxobox name = Hackled orbweavers image width = 250px image caption = Uloborus plumipes regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Arachnida ordo = Araneae subordo = Araneomorphae superfamilia = Uloboroidea familia = Uloboridae familia… … Wikipedia
hackled — hack·le || hækl n. neck feather (of a rooster, peacock, etc.); long thin feather used for making fishing flies v. fasten a hackle to a fishing fly; cut roughly, chop, hack … English contemporary dictionary
hackled — chalked … Anagrams dictionary
hackled band — (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) In cribellate spiders, composite threads spun by the cribellum and combed by the calamistrum setae … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
chalked — hackled … Anagrams dictionary
Hackle — Hac kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hackled} (h[a^]k k ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hackling} (h[a^]k kl[i^]ng).] 1. To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel. [1913 Webster] 2. To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hackling — Hackle Hac kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hackled} (h[a^]k k ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hackling} (h[a^]k kl[i^]ng).] 1. To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel. [1913 Webster] 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hackle — hackle1 hackler, n. /hak euhl/, n., v., hackled, hackling. n. 1. one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers. 2. the neck plumage of a male… … Universalium
Uloboridae — Cribellate Orb Weaver Uloborus plumipes Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
hackle — I. /ˈhækəl/ (say hakuhl) noun 1. one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic cock, much used in making artificial flies for anglers. 2. the whole neck plumage of the domestic cock, etc. 3. (plural)… …
