Hatchel(n.) 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.
Hatchel(n.) 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.
Hatchel(n.) To tease; to worry; to torment.
Hatcheled(imp. & p. p.) of Hatchel
Hatcheler(n.) One who uses a hatchel.
Hatcheling(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hatchel
Hatchelled() of Hatchel
Hatchelling() of Hatchel
Words within hatcheling