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heckle
['hɛkl.]

heckle
[ noun ]

a comb for separating flax fibers

<noun.artifact>

[ verb ]

comb with a heckle

<verb.contact>

heckle hemp or flax

challenge aggressively

<verb.communication>

Heckle \Hec"kle\, n. & v. t.
Same as {Hackle}.

Heckle \Hec"kle\, v. t.
1. To interrogate, or ply with questions, esp. with severity
or antagonism, as a candidate for the ministry.

Robert bore heckling, however, with great patience
and adroitness. --Mrs. Humphry
Ward.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. To shout questions or jibes at (a public speaker), so as
to disconcert him or render his talk ineffective.
[PJC]

Hatchel \Hatch"el\ (-[e^]l; 277), n. [OE. hechele, hekele; akin
to D. hekel, G. hechel, Dan. hegle, Sw. h["a]kla, and prob.
to E. hook. See {Hook}, and cf. {Hackle}, {Heckle}.]
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}.

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