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hatchel 音标拼音: [h'ætʃəl] n. 麻梳,麻栉 麻梳,麻栉 hatchel n 1: a comb for separating flax fibers [ synonym: { hatchel}, { heckle}] v 1: comb with a heckle; " heckle hemp or flax" [ synonym: { heckle}, { hackle}, { hatchel}] 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]
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]
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