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hackling
Part of speech: NounAct or process of preparing flax by the hackle.
Usage examples "hackling":- " I haven't any doubt of it, Mr. Hackling, if you have," replied the late prisoner, heartily rejoiced to find himself in good company again. - "Fighting for the Right", Oliver Optic.
- I was not at all satisfied that the steamer was a fit subject for capture till your order came to me, brought by Mr. Hackling. - "Fighting for the Right", Oliver Optic.
- They knew him as a deadly enemy, for which reason there was no part of the works that possessed a greater or more horrid fascination than the hackling shop. - "The Spinners", Eden Phillpotts.