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hackling
▪ I. hackling, vbl. n.1 (ˈhæklɪŋ) [f. hackle v.3 + -ing1.] The action of the vb. hackle3; the combing of flax or hemp.1616 Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 568 This line after it hath receiued braking and the first hackling, you shall take the strickes, and platting them into a plat of three, make a go... Oxford English Dictionary
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Heckling (flax)
Heckling (or "hackling") is the last of three steps in dressing flax, or preparing the fibers to be spun. In popular culture Prior to the industry becoming mechanised and moving to East Ulster, hackling was a rural based cottage industry with Cootehill in Ireland wikipedia.org
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The Hackler from Grouse Hall
Hackling, of which Mac Donnell was a roving practitioner, was the final process in preparing flax for spinning into linen. wikipedia.org
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cross-hackle
ˈcross-ˈhackle, v. [cross- 6.] trans. To cross-question vexatiously or persistently: cf. hackle. Hence ˈcross-ˈhackling vbl. n.1826 J. Banim O'Hara Tales Ser. ii. Peggy Nowlan, We can cross-hackle her on the head of it. 1886 P. Fitzgerald Fatal Zero xxx. (1888) 187 The good-humoured way in which I h... Oxford English Dictionary
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hackle
▪ I. hackle, n.1 (ˈhæk(ə)l) Forms: 1 hacele, 3–4 hakel(e, 5 hakille, -yll, 7 hackel, hacle, 6– hackle. [OE. hacele and hæcele, wk. fem., ‘cloak, mantle, cassock’, corresponding, exc. in formative suffix, to OHG. hachul, MHG. hachel, Icel. hökull ‘priest's cope’, Goth. hakuls ‘cloak’, str. masc., als... Oxford English Dictionary
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breards
breards, n. pl. Sc. (brɪədz) [The same as braird, in sense of ‘short ends or points’.] ‘The short flax recovered from the first tow by a second hackling’ (Jamieson). Cf. backings.1733 P. Lindsay Interest Scot. 161 Dressing and stapling the Lint..into fine drest Flax, fine drest Tow, common Tow, Back... Oxford English Dictionary
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Walt Whitman House
At the end of 1891, he wrote to a friend: "L. of G. at last complete—after 33 y'rs of hackling at it, all times & moods of my life, fair weather & foul wikipedia.org
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scutching
▪ I. ˈscutching, vbl. n.1 [f. scutch v.1 + -ing1.] The action of scutch v.11611 Cotgr., Singlement,..a whisking, lashing, ierking, scutching. 1641 R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (Bannatyne Cl.) I. 326 Discourse falling in concerning the Deputie's scutching of a gentleman with a rod. 1641 Hinde J. Bruen x... Oxford English Dictionary
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Leaves of Grass
a close, Whitman prepared a final edition of Leaves of Grass, writing to a friend upon its completion, "L. of G. at last complete — after 33 y'rs of hackling wikipedia.org
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hards
hards, hurds, n. pl. Now local. (hɑːdz, hɜːdz) Forms: α. 1 heordan, 2–3 heorden, 4–5 herdes, -is, 4–7 hurdes, 5–6 heerdis, hyrdes, -ys, -is, 6–7 hirds, 6– hurds. β. 4–6 hardes, -is, -ys, 5– hards. [OE. heordan fem. pl.: cf. early mod.Du. herde, heerde ‘fibra lini’ Kilian (not in Hexham). Corresp. to... Oxford English Dictionary
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Textile manufacturing
It is subjected to retting, breaking, scutching, hackling or combing. It is then treated like cotton. wikipedia.org
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oakum
oakum (ˈəʊkəm) Forms: 1 acumba, æcumbe, 5 okom(e, okcome, okem, 6 okym, ocom, occam, 6–7 ocam, 6–8 okam, ockam, 7 ocum, oc(c)ome, ocham, oacombe, okeham, okame, 7–8 oakam, -ham, ockham, okum, 7– oakum. [OE. ácumbe fem. or neut., ácumba, ácuma masc., var. of ǽcumbe, ǽcuma, pl. -an, lit. off-combings ... Oxford English Dictionary
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backing
▪ I. backing, vbl. n. (ˈbækɪŋ) [f. back v. + -ing1.] I. The action of the vb. back in various senses. 1. The action of supporting at the back.1596 Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, ii. iv. 165 Call you that backing of your friends? a plague vpon such backing! 1633 Ames Agst. Cerem. ii. 281 For the backinge of the ... Oxford English Dictionary
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flax
▪ I. flax, n. (flæks) Forms: 1 flæx, fleax, 1–5 flex, 4 south. vlexe, 4–6 flexe, 5–7 flaxe, (7 flacks), 4– flax. [Com. W.Ger.: OE. fleax = OFris. flax, OS. *flahs (MDu., DU., LG. vlas), OHG. flahs (MHG. vlahs, mod.G. flachs):—OTeut. *flahso{supm} str. neut.; commonly referred to the OTeut. root *fle... Oxford English Dictionary
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hog
▪ I. hog, n.1 (hɒg) Also 4(?)–6 hogge, 6– hogg. [First exemplified c 1340, but the derivative hoggaster occurs c 1175: origin unknown. The word may possibly be contained in the OE. place-names Hocgestán (Hogston) and Hocgetwistle; but this is hardly likely. The conjecture that ME. hog represented Co... Oxford English Dictionary
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