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List of antonyms from "hacking its" to antonyms from "had a hand in"


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Definition of the day : « hackle »

  • As in hack : noun cut without care
  • As in chip : verb knock a piece out of
  • As in chop : verb cut up with tool
  • As in clean : verb make undirty, uncluttered
  • As in comb : verb arrange hair
Example sentences :
  • There too is the hackle which is the old device of the De Brays.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • After the first hackle, called a ruffler, six other finer hackles were often used.
  • Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle
  • Kills well with hackle when the water is slightly discoloured.
  • Extract from : « The Teesdale Angler » by R Lakeland
  • The hackle was a board with long, sharp steel teeth set in it.
  • Extract from : « The Wonder Book of Knowledge » by Various
  • The body and hackle, when put on, should therefore appear as shown in Fig. 14.
  • Extract from : « Old Flies in New Dresses » by Charles Edward Walker
  • The longest fibres of the hackle must be of the same length as the hook.
  • Extract from : « Old Flies in New Dresses » by Charles Edward Walker
  • Be sure that the hackle is tied on edgewise with the shiny side to the front.
  • Extract from : « How to Tie Flies » by E. C. Gregg
  • Wind the hackle spirally around the body and tie off the butt, Fig. 12.
  • Extract from : « How to Tie Flies » by E. C. Gregg
  • But here the hackle is much more important than on the wet fly.
  • Extract from : « How to Tie Flies » by E. C. Gregg
  • She could not get into any trouble if she stayed on Hackle Island, declared Darry.
  • Extract from : « The Campfire Girls on Station Island » by Margaret Penrose