hatchel, heckle
(noun) a comb for separating flax fibers
heckle, hackle, hatchel
(verb) comb with a heckle; “heckle hemp or flax”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hatchel (plural hatchels)
A comb used to separate flax fibers.
hatchel (third-person singular simple present hatchels, present participle hatcheling or hatchelling, simple past and past participle hatcheled or hatchelled)
(transitive) To separate (flax fibers) with a hatchel, or comb.
Source: Wiktionary
Hatch"el, n. Etym: [OE. hechele, hekele; akin to D. hekel, G. hechel, Dan. hegle, Sw. häkla, and prob. to E. hook. See Hook, and cf. Hackle, Heckle.]
Definition: 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.
Hatch"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hatcheled or Hatchelled (; p. pr. & vb. n. Hatcheling or Hatchelling.] Etym: [OE. hechelen, hekelen; akin to D. hekelen, G. hecheln, Dan. hegle, Sw. häkla. 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.
2. To tease; to worry; to torment. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 June 2025
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
