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hetchel

hetchel is the alternative form of hatchel.

Meaning of hatchel

Noun

hatchel (plural hatchels)

  1. A comb used to separate flax fibers.
    • One end of the bundle being hatchelled, it is turned round, and the other is treated in the same way; and the process is repeated on finer hatchels.1864, George Ripley and Charles Anderson Dana [eds.], The New American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge VII: “Edward–Fueros” (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 443 & 445...

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Forms of hetchel

pluralhetchels

Questions about hetchel

What is hetchel the alternative form of?
Hetchel is the alternative form of hatchel.

Words near hetchel in the dictionary

  1. hetarynes
  2. hetas
  3. hetastarch
  4. hetastarches
  5. Hetauda
  6. hetchel
  7. hetchels
  8. hetcoal
  9. hetdar
  10. hetdars
  11. hetegonic

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