Hackles can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| hackle - To dress flax or hemp with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning. | ||
| hackle - To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel. | ||
| hackle - To tear asunder; to break into pieces. | ||
Noun |
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| hackles - a feeling of anger and animosity; "having one's hackles or dander up" |
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| 1. | noun | Having one's hackles or dander up. | |
| 2. | noun | I do get my hackles up a bit when people haul out the old 'Rock-N-Roll made them do it' argument. | |
| 3. | noun | A hound it was, an enormous coal-black hound, but not such a hound as mortal eyes have ever seen. Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame. |
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| Having one's hackles or dander up. |
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| I do get my hackles up a bit when people haul out the old 'Rock-N-Roll made them do it' argument. |
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| A hound it was, an enormous coal-black hound, but not such a hound as mortal eyes have ever seen. Fire burst from its open mouth, its eyes glowed with a smouldering glare, its muzzle and hackles and dewlap were outlined in flickering flame. | |