Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - hackle
Hackle
hackle
n. & v. --n. 1 a long feather or series of feathers on the neck or saddle of a domestic cock and other birds. 2 Fishing an artificial fly dressed with a hackle. 3 a feather in a Highland soldier's bonnet. 4 (in pl.) the erectile hairs along the back of a dog, which rise when it is angry or alarmed. 5 a steel comb for dressing flax. --v.tr. dress or comb with a hackle. Phrases and idioms make one's hackles rise cause one to be angry or indignant. Etymology: ME hechele, hakele, prob. f. OE f. WG
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I. noun see: hook Date: 15th century 1. one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird, the neck plumage of the domestic fowl, a comb or board with long metal teeth for dressing flax, hemp, or jute, 3. plural erectile hairs along the neck and back especially of a dog, temper, dander , 4. an artificial fishing fly made chiefly of the filaments of a cock's neck feathers, filaments of cock feather projecting from the head of an artificial fly, II. transitive verb (~d; hackling) Date: 1616 to comb out with a ~, ~r noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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