hackle

Etymology
From (compare the compound ), from, , from , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp.
 * 2)  One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster.
 * 3)  A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather.
 * 4)  By extension (because the hackles of a rooster are lifted when it is angry), the hair on the nape of the neck in dogs and other animals; also used figuratively for humans.
 * 5) A type of jagged crack extending inwards from the broken surface of a fractured material.
 * 6) A plate with rows of pointed needles used to blend or straighten hair.
 * 7) A feather plume on some soldier's uniforms, especially the hat or helmet.
 * 8) Any flimsy substance unspun, such as raw silk.
 * 9)  ; courage or energy.
 * 1) A feather plume on some soldier's uniforms, especially the hat or helmet.
 * 2) Any flimsy substance unspun, such as raw silk.
 * 3)  ; courage or energy.
 * 1)  ; courage or energy.

Usage notes
In everyday speech, primarily used in phrase, as in “It raises my hackles when you take that condescending tone”.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: чесалка за лен
 * Danish: hegle
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: häkilä, häkilöin
 * French:
 * Galician:, , ripo, ripanzo
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: Hächle
 * Ingrian: häglä
 * Irish: siostal, taisteal
 * Italian: diliscatoio
 * Latvian: suseklis
 * Ottoman Turkish: طراق
 * Persian: فلخمه
 * Portuguese: ripanço, ripador
 * Romansch: tscharesch
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: heislan, heisyllt,


 * Arabic: قَوْزَعَة
 * Finnish: kaulahöyhen


 * Finnish: niskakarva
 * Maori: mōtihetihe
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: höyhenkoriste
 * Ukrainian:


 * Finnish:

Verb

 * 1) To dress (flax or hemp) with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning.
 * 2)  To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
 * 3)  To tear asunder; to break into pieces.
 * 1)  To tear asunder; to break into pieces.

Translations

 * Czech: vochlovat
 * Danish: hegle
 * German:
 * Ingrian: häglätä
 * Ottoman Turkish: طرامق
 * Swedish: