'Hatchel' definitions:
Definition of 'hatchel'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Hatchel'
From: GCIDE
- Hatchel \Hatch"el\ (-[e^]l; 277), n. [OE. hechele, hekele; akin to D. hekel, G. hechel, Dan. hegle, Sw. h[aum]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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Hatchel'
From: GCIDE
- Hatchel \Hatch"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hatcheled or Hatchelled (-[e^]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Hatcheling or Hatchelling.] [OE. hechelen, hekelen; akin to D. hekelen, G. hecheln, Dan. hegle, Sw. h[aum]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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To tease; to worry; to torment. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]