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hacklen.1Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Saxon hakul cloak, chasuble (Middle Low German -hakel in mishakel chasuble), Old High German hachul cloak, chasuble (Middle High German hachel cloak), Old Icelandic hǫkull priest's cope, Gothic hakuls cloak (all strong masculine), and also (with a different form of the suffix causing i-mutation of the stem vowel) Old Frisian hexil cloak (of uncertain stem class and gender), Old Icelandic hekla cowled or hooded frock (strong feminine) < a Germanic base of uncertain origin (see note) + a derivative suffix (compare -le suffix). Compare mass-hackle n. at mass n.1 Compounds 2 and also mist-hackle n. at mist n.1 Compounds 2.Further etymology. It is often suggested that the underlying Germanic base is related to Old Church Slavonic koža skin, itself < the Slavonic base of koza she-goat, which is of uncertain (probably non-Indo-European) origin; however, this poses formal problems. Alternatively, it has been suggested that the Germanic base is the same as that of Old Icelandic haki hook (see hake n.2), used with reference to the fastening. Form history. In Old English usually a weak feminine, although strong plural forms are attested in late Old English for the compound mæssehacele (see mass-hackle n. at mass n.1 Compounds 2). The β. forms are typically Anglian. Forms such as early Old English haecile, etc., seem to show substitution of a form of the suffix causing i-mutation of a (and probably also palatalization of the medial consonant) within Old English, rather than being directly comparable to the cited Old Frisian and Old Icelandic parallels with i-mutation, while Old English hecile may reflect subsequent second fronting in Mercian. society > faith > artefacts > vestments > outer garments > [noun] > cassock or soutane the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > cloak, mantle, or cape eOE tr. Orosius (BL Add.) (1980) v. x. 124 Þa sende him mon ane blace hacelan angean, him on bismer, for triumphan. OE Ælfric (Cambr. Gg.3.28) v. 48 Ða ða se forma cyðere Stephanus for godes geleafan gestæned wæs, Saulus heold ealra ðæra stænendra hacelan. OE (2011) 91 Clamis, hacele uel fotsid sciccel. the world > animals > birds > feather > [noun] > collective or plumage the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering the world > life > the body > skin > [noun] the world > animals > animal body > general parts > covering or skin > [noun] a1450 (1969) l. 2650 Þer wymmen arn are many wordys. Lete hem gone hoppyn wyth here hakle! a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in (2002) i. 165 Pecok in hakille ryally. 1609 I. Hoskin sig. Cv There leauing their liues, as Snakes doe their Hackles in old hedges. 1658 tr. G. della Porta i. xi. 17 The herb Dragon..is full of speckles like a Serpents hackle. 1682 tr. J. Goedaert 33 They make themselves no covering (as all other Catterpillars are diligently wont to doe) but puting off their Hackle, they are changed into Chrysalis's. 1746 W. Ellis I. May xvii. 116 The Slug slipped his outward Skin, or what we call his Hackle in Hertfordshire. 1876 F. K. Robinson Hackle, substance about the person, as flesh, clothing. Property in general. 1892 M. C. F. Morris 319 Hackle is the natural covering of any animal, the human skin..‘He's got a good hackle ov his back’. 3. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > bee-keeping > [noun] > beehive > parts of 1609 C. Butler ii. sig. C1 Swine..rubbing against the hiues, and tearing the hacles. 1655 W. Mewe in S. Hartlib 49 My Appiary consists of a row of little houses..which I find as cheap at seven yeares end as straw hacles. 1712 J. Warder 47 The Mouse will..shelter himself betwixt the Hackle and the Hive. 1823 J. Milton 13 One of those fatal incidents to which this hive is subject, occurs through covering it with a hackle or turf, by which you entice their great enemy the mouse. 1846 24 Oct. 2/2 This small hive in the south is called a cap, and it should be protected from the weather by a straw hackle. 1886 W. B. Tegetmeier in 810 The old straw hive, which was..to be seen..covered with a straw hackle. 1923 Mar. 126/3 To protect the skep from the weather, a straw thatch in the form of a hackle is used. 1988 A. M. Foster 9/1 Straw skeps were protected with a variety of covers from straw hackles to old cream-separating pans. 2014 K. Foy 32 A cone-shaped cover, known as a ‘hackle’, was added in bad weather to deflect the rain. 1673 J. Ray 336 At the palace gate or wall they usually hang up the hackles of old flasks to give notice that there is wine to be sold there. the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > stacking or ricking > stack or rick > part of 1842 J. Y. Akerman 24 Hackle, the straw covering of the apex of a rick. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). hacklen.2Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: heckle n. Etymology: Variant or alteration of heckle n., perhaps after hack v.1 Compare the (later) β. forms at hatchel n. 1. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > heckling > implement for c1485 Inventory in J. T. Fowler (1875) 368 Unum hakell pro lino. 1599 T. Moffett 4 Beetles, hackels, wheeles, and frame, Wherwith to bruse, touse, spin & weaue the same. 1724 v. 83 If you would have your Hemp or Flax brought to be yet finer, you must hackle it a third Time, and that in your finest Hackle. 1797 3 301 The introduction of steel hackles, in place of wire, to prepare wool, cotton, etc...for spinning cordage or lines. 1854 J. Sproule 182 This machine has two circles thirty inches diameter, with six gradations of hackles. 1892 E. A. Posselt I. 198 He places the root end of the flax in the hackle and holding the piece by the crop end, then pulls it out. 1943 L. H. Dewey (U.S. Dept. Agric. Misc. Publ. No. 518) 67/1 Most of the work of hackling is now done with machine hackles in the spinning mills. 1980 B. Gordon 36 (caption) The flax would be drawn through a succession of hackles, each finer-toothed than the last. 2014 S. Gaustad ii. 64/1 Hackles are a necessary tool for the flax spinner, especially for one who spins line flax. the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > implements used in styling the hair > [noun] > comb 1903 A. M. Sutton (ed. 2) i. 9 A ‘card’ or ‘hackle’, used for disentangling combings, smoothing and mixing hair, is a magnified comb composed of steel spikes or prongs. 1910 Nov. 44/2 ‘Switches’..are put on a hackle, a board set with sharp steel spikes, where every hair is separated into even lengths. 2009 T. Debreceni (2013) viii. 321 As hair is pulled through the hackle, short hairs and tangled wads..will build up in the pins. 2. the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > cock > parts of > feather 1496 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle in (rev. ed.) sig. i.iiiv The yelow flye. the body of yelow wull: the wynges of the redde cocke hakyll. a1589 L. Mascall (1590) 17 The yellow Fly..is good, the body made of yellow wooll, and the winges made of the redde cockes hackell or taile. 1653 I. Walton iv. 110 Take the hackel of a Cock or Capons neck..take of the one side of the feather, and then take the hackel, Silk or Crewel, Gold or Silver thred, make these fast at the bent of the hook [etc.] . View more context for this quotation 1735 J. Moore 39 This Pigeon affords a very great Variety of Colours in its Plumage... Amongst all, there is a Mixture of three Colours, vulgarly call'd an Almond, perhaps from the Quantity of Almond colour'd Feathers that are found in the Hackle. 1787 T. Best (ed. 2) 110 The Red-fly comes on about the middle of February..it's wings are made artificially of a dark drake's feather, the body of the red part of squirrel's fur, with the red hackle of a cock. 1850 D. J. Browne 22 The hackles of the lower part of the back. 1867 W. B. Tegetmeier xi. 117 The hackle, or neck-feathers, should be bright. 1970 H. E. Smith i. 9 Feathers towards the stern are correctly called ‘saddle hackles’. 1970 H. E. Smith iii. 19 The colours of a Red Jungle Fowl..male are neck hackle, golden; saddle hackle, orange. 1980 R. Haig-Brown New Blood in V. Haig-Brown xv. 151 A Rhode Island hen had an early brood of a dozen or more chicks by the black stump behind the barn. She raised her hackles as he passed and warned him, with a little angry skirring sound, to keep his distance. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > plume (of feathers, etc.) 1816 C. James (ed. 4) 220/1 Hackle, this feather may be properly called the regulation feather. It is worn by the subalterns of the army, and must be eight inches long. 1835 10 Dec. 400/1 Plume, red upright hackle, twelve inches long; aiguillette on the left shoulder of yellow worsted. 1884 18 Mar. 7 The 42nd [1st Battalion, Royal Highlanders]..received the red hackle as an honourable distinction. 1902 4 Oct. 19 The hackle of the Irish Guards is St. Patrick's blue. 1978 R. J. Marrion & D. S. V. Fosten 29/1 Blue bonnets were issued, small in circumference, and worn with khaki covers, complete with the red hackle. 2009 T. Royle (Electronic ed.) The regiment's 1st battalion..wears the black hackle of The Cameronians. the world > life > the body > external parts of body > neck > [noun] > back of neck > hair at the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > parts of > (parts of) head, neck and face 1839 June 406 The glorious sight of fifteen couples of deep toned hounds with their hackles up swimming in full cry. 1868 Oct. 507/1 What ails old Vic? A slight tremor passes through her frame, her hackles bristle. 1905 Apr. 275/2 Two fields from that point the pack suddenly viewed their fox. Up went their hackles. 1971 M. W. Fox x. 196 The grey fox possesses no shoulder hackles. 2007 M. De Kretser 110 He shivered, and heard soft growling. The dog's hackles had risen. 1843 J. Mills II. ix. 117 Smooth your hackles, governor... Don't come the frothy. What's put you out? 1852 ‘Scrutator’ xxi. 232 This polite message..had the effect of raising my hackles a little. 1881 C. Phillipps-Wolley 76 As my hackles were now fairly up, I crept and ran as well as I could after my wounded game. 1916 B. Atkey 153 That's what Germany's up against—Great Britain, France, Russia, half the world, in fact, with their hackles up. 1933 18 Sept. 8/5 Stories..that make the flesh to creep and the hackles to rise. 1935 N. M. Gunn iii. 30 At the least opportunity they got fighting like this. Indeed the very sight of him raised her hackle. 1993 S. Marshall (1994) v. 38 His voice was..tinged with enough condescension to make my hackles rise. 2015 (Nexis) 6 June 12 A blinkered assumption that led them to behave in a manner which undoubtedly got the public's hackles up. the world > life > the body > hair > hair on lower part of face > [noun] > moustache 1894 R. D. Blackmore II. ii. 35 He had no moustache to stroke—for only cavalry officers..as yet wore ginger hackles. the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks) > [noun] > family Gasterosteidae > member of (stickleback) 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet xix. 181 Hackles or Sticklebacks are supposed to come of the seed of fishes spilt or miscarrying in the water. 1661 R. Lovell 235 Stickle-backs, Hackles; or Harry bannings. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Hackle..a west-country name for the stickleback. 1883 E. Phipson xiv. 332 The tiny Stickleback, Stickle-bag, Hackle, Sharplin, Bansticle, probably owes its proud position at the head of the great fish class to the fact that it is a good representative of the spiny-finned fishes. 4. the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > types of 1676 C. Cotton viii. 78 A white Hackle, the body of white Mo-hair, and wrapped about with a white Hackle Feather. 1696 J. Smith 93 The brown Hackle made of the lightest brown hair. 1787 T. Best (ed. 2) 93 Golden Palmer, or Hackle. 1799 tr. (ed. 6) II. x. 301 Black-hackle. Body, pale yellow silk, with a black cock's hackle turned about it. 1839 T. C. Hofland (1841) xvii. 226 The dotteril hackle is one of the surest flies that can be used in the north of England. a1861 T. Winthrop (1863) xii. 91 We threw our flies. Instantly at the lucky hackle something darted. 1909 E. B. Chase 93 The ‘Coachman’,..‘Brown Hackle’ and ‘Black Gnat’ flies..still hold the fisherman's affections. 1950 J. E. Leonard vi. 75 If trout will not take a hackle, they will take nothing so far as flies are concerned. 2004 B. Wyatt (2005) v. 94 I'll always have a range of peacock-bodied flies like the Red Tag and the Grey Hackle. the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > artificial fly > materials 1706 R. Howlett vii. 102 Some make Palmer-worms and Grubs with Hogs-wooll,..and use no Hackle at all. 1836 J. M. Sherer I. xiv. 221 Old Noble had long ago taught himself to make cabbage nets, twist fishing lines, and turn hackle into flies. 1895 R. B. Marston in J. T. Burgess xvi. 154 A fly made with the wings standing out from the body.., and with rather more hackle than is needed in wet fly-fishing. 1918 May 38/1 Though made of raffia without much hackle it will naturally sink slowly to the bottom when cast down stream. 2011 J. Schollmeyer & T. Leeson ii. 166/2 We dress this pattern with a bit more hackle than is customary for soft-hackle designs. Phrases1847 J. O. Halliwell II Show-hackle, to be willing to fight. I. of Wight. 1884 ‘Greendragon’ & ‘Dandelion’ 28 Gentlemen and noblemen who, when it is found necessary to show ‘hackle’, will do so. 1966 G. Heyer ii. 37 She was slightly on the defensive, not yet hostile, but ready to show hackle. 1999 S. Paretsky xiv. 108 Why did I have to show hackle every time my fur was ruffled? 1865 C. Kingsley Hereward in 1 July 485/1 Fight it out..with a cock of a very different hackle. 1891 S. J. Weyman iv. 40 A young fellow just your age, and a cock of your hackle, I judge, who is wanted for heresy. 1892 2 Apr. 2/2 Mr. Dalziel is a cock of a very different hackle to Mr. Frederick Smith. 1923 20 June 14/2 One of Ker's favourite winter diversions at Oxford was to embark with the present Master of Balliol (a cock, in some respects, of the same hackle) in a stout gig. 1969 F. P. Wilson i. 36 Kirchmayer was a cock of the same hackle, and his Latin play..yields nothing to Bale in the bitterness of its polemic. Compounds 1848 24 June 98/1 By this..arrangement of the screws, the hackle-bars will be carried forward at different degrees of speed. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler (ed. 7) II. 431 The object of these guide plates is to support the hackle bars in passing over the small rollers. 1994 K. K. Ho 5 A system for..hackling wig yarns comprising:..a power transmission gear transmitting the rotational force of said motor to said hackle bars. 1860 R. Hunt (ed. 5) II. 242 Hackle bench sometimes revolving so as to present different degrees of hackles at its various angles, sometimes stationary. 1907 A. Deane Mar. 17 Rougher's hackle and hackle bench. 1976 A. Crawford 281 We had all the flax equipment to demonstrate each step. First,..the Snider flax breaker, then their wonderfully inventive scutcher, then the hackle bench with coarse and fine hackles. 1676 C. Cotton viii. 78 The body of white Mohair, and wrapped about with a white Hackle Feather. 1839 9 June 4/5 Prepare your hackle feather.., and fasten it with two laps of silk. 1888 22 May 2/3 The hackle feathers of the male bird are several feet long. 1973 1 173 A muslim turban with silver crescent in front, surmounted with a scarlet hackle feather. 2011 J. Schollmeyer & T. Leeson i. 32/1 Keep the plane of the hackle feather vertical and the glossy side facing the hook bend. 1786 ii. 9 This fly should not be a hackle fly, but a dubbed one. 1881 2 July 8/2 A hackle fly..made with bright purple silk and snipes feather. 2015 J. Shewey iv. 88/1 The simple Hackle flies..date back to the earliest days of fly fishing in Great Britain. 1719 22 Sept. (advt.) Charles Milward of Coventry, Hackle-maker, Jersey Comb-maker, and Perriwig Card-maker. 1892 14 Mar. 2/4 Wanted, work as hackle-maker by steady Man; twenty years' experience; well up in classing and repairing machines and cards. 2004 J. Roup 14 Andrew was a hackle maker, whose job was to set up the sharp combs used in the textile manufacturing process to separate the fibres of cotton, flax or jute. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > heckling > implement for > tooth of 1854 12 Aug. 164/2 Thomas Richards Harding, of Leeds, York, hackle and hackle-pin manufacturer. 1920 Nov. 382/3 The hanks of fiber are fed into a machine known as a breaker.., and combed by hackle pins. 2005 W. H. Crawford v. 51 The fibre was then drawn through a series of blocks containing different sizes of hackle pins. the mind > emotion > anger > [adjective] > causing anger 1935 16 May 9/4 Young North steps into things, notably a couple of hackle-raising fights. 1956 E. C. Hiscock vii. 100 Most evenings..the hackle-raising rat-tat-tat of the drums vibrated out across the lagoon. 1987 20 June v. 6/5 Passengers are immediately thrust into a 360-degree loop, then an even more hackle-raising series of 135-degree..banks. 2015 D. Nicholas xxxi. 247 Now and then, a peal of eerie, hackle-raising laughter would ring out over the blood-soaked field. 1851 10 Nov. 1/3 ‘Robinson's’, or the ‘Belfast’ machine..was but a hackle sheet, constructed so as to revolve round two cylinders. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler (ed. 7) II. 425 Pulleys for carrying the hackle sheets. 1907 H. R. Carter 31 For coarse hackles the number of hackles in the group may correspond with the number of bars on the hackle sheet. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > [noun] > heckling > implement for > tooth of 1821 Apr. 271 At three or four inches apart, I place single rows of comb or hackle-teeth across the board. 1859 Dec. 237/2 The tow is removed from the hackle teeth by the rotatory brushes. 2010 G. Givens & S. Givens 5 From such iron, Nauvoo blacksmiths made horseshoes.., plowshares, hackle teeth, and so on. Derivatives 1845 6 July Body..dressed moderately thick and full; wings and legs, a feather hackle-wise from a starling over the whole. 1867 F. Francis vi. 213 A capital hot weather fly dressed hacklewise. 1921 Apr. 599/2 Dispense here with the wings except only as they together with the legs may be suggested by a hackle dressing; this is termed dressing a fly hacklewise or ‘buzz’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † hacklev.1Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hack v.1, -le suffix. Etymology: < hack v.1 + -le suffix Compare Middle Dutch hackelen to notch, to hack into small pieces (Dutch hakkelen ). Compare haggle v. 1. Obsolete. the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)] > cut roughly in order to damage 1564 T. Dorman f. 129v Of some they hackled and mangled the faces. 1570 J. Foxe (rev. ed.) II. 2204/1 William Swallow..with a cleauer, such as is occupied in many mens kitchins, and blunt, did hackell of his head. 1611 T. Coryate sig. X2v I haue seene a Mountebanke hackle and gash his naked arme with a knife most pittifully to beholde. 1684 No. 1959/4 His Hair not shav'd but cut and hackled with a pair of Sheers. 1721 in C. Mather 34 I put her to Bed, and hackled her Throat with a Razour. 1790 E. Burke 285 The other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to pieces. View more context for this quotation 1794 R. Jephson II. xvii. 113 A Killer..then advanced, and casting her neck over one of his knees, hackled off her head. 1849 25 May 3/5 John Price..has killed four men, and cut, hackled, and slashed with his dirks and bowie knives at least double that number. 1876 T. S. Egan tr. H. Heine 222 'Twill prickle and hackle your faces. the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (intransitive)] 1577 N. Breton sig. G.iij Cruell care..lyke a Sawe, still hackling to and froe, Thus gnawes my harte with grypes of weary woe. 1589 ‘Marphoreus’ To Rdr. sig. C2v These lustie youthes..hackle at our throate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020). hacklev.2Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: hackle n.2, heckle v. Etymology: Either (i) < hackle n.2 or (ii) a variant of heckle v. Compare the β. forms at hatchel v. Compare slightly earlier hack v.2 1. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing flax, hemp, or jute > treat or process flax, hemp, or jute [verb (transitive)] > heckle 1599 J. Minsheu 118/3 Espadár líno, to card flax, to hackle flax. 1740 (Dublin Soc.) 166 Fine Flax-Dressing..consists only of two Branches, fining the Flax and hackling it. 1787 Let. 22 Dec. in (1788) 6 164 I ordered about two thirds [of the Bark] to be hackled, much in the manner of dressing Flax or Hemp. 1803 M. Edgeworth Frank iv. 10 in ix ‘I am going to hackle the flax..,’ said the woman; and she began to comb the flax with these steel combs. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers I. xviii. 426 Small quantities of hemp were grown..and..the produce was hackled and spun by the servants. 1966 T. H. Raddall i. vii. 101 Paddles a-clappin' on the water like a hundred Pennsylvany Dutch gals hacklin' flax. 1994 May 27/2 The scutched flax has first to be ‘hackled’. 2014 S. Gaustad 67 You will..make your spinning chore much easier by hackling the fiber before spinning it. the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > beautify (the hair) [verb (transitive)] > comb 1929 H. S. Redgrove & G. A. Foan iii. ix. 157 After bleaching, the hair is dried, hackled and prepared for the blueing. 1931 G. A. Foan i. 11/1 When dry the hair is ready for drawing off into roots and points. Taking each section separately the student should lightly hackle the extreme ends. 1966 J. Stevens Cox 68/1 Hackle, to draw hair through a hackle to disentangle it. 1995 P. Delamar Index 211/1 Hackling hair. the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > question, interrogate [verb (transitive)] 1891 24 Sept. 6111 That poor man Murphy..was hackled and cross-examined by the most acute legal talent in the country. 1896 9 p. li In Newfoundland hackle and cross-hackle are specially applied to the questioning of a witness by a lawyer, when carried to a worrying degree. 1907 May 256 He was in hopes the members would have hackled him... He would have liked to hear opponents to the whole of the scheme, or such points as were weak. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † hacklev.3Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: hackle n.1 Obsolete. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > bee-keeping > [verb (transitive)] > fit out hive 1609 C. Butler vii. sig. I5v In sommer extreame heate melteth the combes..if the hiues be not shaded, and wel haccled. 1634 C. Butler (new ed.) iii. 51 Dat dey bee close cloomed..and well hackled doun to, or below, de Stoole. 1836 1 Mar. 260 The row of bee-hives..protected from the scorching sun, the searching rain, or the biting blast, by a wheatsheaf ‘hackled’ or spread over the top of each. 1879 G. F. Jackson (at cited word) It's gettin' time to 'ackle an' clicket the bees—theer'll be a snow afore lung. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2018). hacklev.4Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: hackle n.2 the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (transitive)] > dress fly 1835 31 May The Iron Blue, which I dress from the outside feather of the but end of a snipe's wing simply hackled round a small hook. 1840 J. Wilson 232 The Professor...His body is formed of Paisley yellow flos silk... It is not always advisable to try to hackle him. 1867 F. Francis xi. 347 Blue jay hackled over the wing. 1955 Feb. 41/1 (caption) Dean Rosebery shows his class how to hackle a fly. 1991 T. Combs 49 I usually prefer to use saddle hackle to hackle my wet flies. 2004 C. Robbins 196 Once you have completed hackling the fly, gently secure the hackle to the wing as you would to a hook. 2. 1935 H. L. Davis x. 129 He could keep people from asking questions about it by hackling up and yelling at them. 1975 Aug. 104/2 The protestor you've piqued will hackle up and sputter ‘Ride?..I rode before I walked.’ 2006 K. MacAlister xii. 85 ‘It wasn't exactly my choice of ways to start the day, either,’ I said, hackling up a bit at his high-handed attitude. the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (intransitive)] > raise the bristles or hackles 1953 Jan. 45/1 In a second the dogs hackled up, snarling. 1972 R. Adams xix. 117 ‘What in Frith's name makes a noise like that?’ said Bigwig, his great fur cap hackling between his ears. 1980 R. Adams (1981) xviii. 236 I walked towards the car and at once the dog hackled up. 2006 R. T. Smith 32 The hair on their necks hackled up. 2014 D. Enderle 51 His fur hackled and he shuddered. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1eOEn.2c1485v.11564v.21599v.31609v.41835 |