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Substantiivit

1. An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp.
2. (usually, now in the plural) One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the cock.
3. (fishing) A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather.
4. (usually, now in the plural) By extension (because the hackles of a cock are lifted when it is angry), the hair on the nape of the neck in dogs and other animals; also used figuratively for humans.
5. A plate with rows of pointed needles used to blend or straighten hair.
6. A feather plume on some soldier's uniforms, especially the hat or helmet.
7. Any flimsy substance unspun, such as raw silk.

Verbit

1. To dress (flax or hemp) with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning.
2. (transitive) To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
3. (archaic, transitive) To tear asunder; to break into pieces.